If we no longer killed mass species for anything other than basic material goods and not for food wouldn't they increase in population to a level which threatened humans?
2007-10-01 16:28:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
No..because we wouldn't be BREEDING millions of them.. the population of cows, for example, would be MUCH smaller if everyone became vegetarian.. We'd actually have to work to keep them from being extinct, because they're not used to living on their own.. Same goes for any other meat animal (Pigs, chickens,)... If we put them back into the wild, we'd have to make sure there was a nice predator/prey balance in the area..
The answer is NO because we are smarter than any animal.. no animal can "overrun" humans...
2007-10-02 02:41:02 · answer #1 · answered by Shelly P. Tofu, E.M.T. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As many have pointed out, the so-called "food" animals are bred by humans for consumption. Of course they still know how to breed and will continue to do so, but not in the horribly inflated, unnatural numbers they do now. If you have ever seen battery-caged chickens or some of the more commercial factory-farmed pigs and cows, you know that there can be thousands of animals in less than 1,000 square feet. Do you really think the animals would breed themselves that way if it weren't for us? Do you think that is how nature intended things to be? No. If everyone miraculously stopped eating meat, these animals would not "overrun" us, they would simply finally get back to the way they should have been living all this time.
2007-10-02 02:05:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, Nature has pretty good ways of balancing itself. Some animals are predators and some are prey. In nature they would balance themselves. If we didn't eat meat we wouldn't be breeding NEARLY as many cows or chickens or pigs so their populations would decline A LOT! Fish are the same way. Some larger fish feed on smaller ones and to keep them from taking over the world, we eat the big ones like Tuna, Halibut, Marlin shark etc. The only things I worry about taking over the world is Cockroaches, they seem to be able to survive ANYTHING and if we weren't killing them with pesticides I think they WOULD take over the world!
2007-10-01 16:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by glfranklyn 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I do. It's the correct factor to do, animals are handled horribly and we haven't any correct to kill them for our egocentric demands. It's additionally unhealthy for the atmosphere. Think approximately it, how so much land and meals is wasted, how so much gasoline is used, how so much further animal waste is created to elevate animals in meat industries? The reply: plenty. The meat enterprise has a larger carbon footprint than the auto enterprise in America. Plenty of individuals reside flawlessly healthily with none meat in any respect. Pescetarian - Eats seafood/fish and dairy, however now not different animals like cows, chickens, or turkeys. Vegetarian - Eats dairy however no animals, adding seafood Vegan - Does now not consume animals of any form or dairy. (Milk, honey, eggs, something from an animal fairly.) I suppose taking youngster steps is a well method to move, significantly replacing your vitamin in a single day is each bad and elaborate. Cut crimson meat (pig and cow) from your vitamin for a couple of months. (A lot of individuals do this only for wellbeing causes in any case, it is fairly unhealthy for you.) Then move pescetarian, then vegetarian, then eventually vegan. I used to be a pescetarian for two years earlier than I went vegetarian. I've been slowly running in the direction of vegan for a long time now haha.
2016-09-05 14:22:41 · answer #4 · answered by korting 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry Billy but you are missing the fact that commercial animals are reared artificially just for food.
Your question is a common one but easliy answered by drawing a parallel to other animals.
Horses ? They are neither overrunning us not are they extinct. Some live in the wild, some are kept by land owners. The same would be true of cows, pigs and sheep, we have some non-commercial cows and sheep at our place. They survive quite happily on thier own.
Most of us don't eat Zebra or Giraffe and i don't see them taking over the world.
2007-10-01 21:36:47 · answer #5 · answered by Michael H 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
With the human population increasing exponentially perhaps we should start consuming human flesh. I've heard that rich, white Republicans are quite tasty.
2007-10-01 21:52:08 · answer #6 · answered by detroit_poker 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We breed the animals we eat. As vegetarians, we wouldn't raise farm animals, and Darwinism would take care of animal populations.
2007-10-01 16:33:46 · answer #7 · answered by Lola_Runs 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. We breed them like crazy to fulfill the demand of current eating habits. Just like deer are breed so hunters can justify shooting them for being overpopulated. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
2007-10-02 02:03:27 · answer #8 · answered by Kelson 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hmmm....are WE not made of MEAT?? just wondering....
in fact you should do research on the bible before you use it out of context....originally adam and eve did not eat meat...in fact they were at peace with animals.
and yes, WE breed animals...they know how to do it themselves BUT without our help it will be a natural process that takes TIME.
meat is terrible for you. so is fish. though not as bad. (why do you think we are obese?) meat consumption has risen outstandingly in the past few decades. contributing to the weight gain....kinda sad stuff.
2007-10-01 16:59:59 · answer #9 · answered by Toni H 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I can't really answer your question because I'm trying to figure out what you mean by "basic material goods."
2007-10-01 17:06:10 · answer #10 · answered by majnun99 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋