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What is your argument against someone who calculates that agriculture kills a lot of small animals like worms, rats, insects, birds etc? (lemmy.vg)

submitted 3 weeks ago by leaf@lemmy.vg to c/vegan@lemmy.vg

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And that it can result in more deaths than hunting and eating one large animal.

I admit that modern agriculture can and should be improved to be less cruel. I would still be uncomfortable with the act of killing and eating the flesh of a sentient being like me.

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[–] nykula@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

My understanding of veganism is not as much about "killing less" and more that others' life doesn't belong to you, you shall not enslave others. Let animals live their own lives for themselves, don't take away their children etc. Avoiding killing them whenever possible, outside of self-defense or other survival situations, is a natural extension of that mindset.