Who'd a thunk it?! I'm vegetarian but saving animal lives is a secondary/tertiary reason I chose this lifestyle. Still, it is quite interesting to see the actual numbers behind one of the more popular reasons vegetarians give for their diet/lifestyle.
Source:
http://theconversation.edu.au/orderi...our-hands-4659
Quote:
Published figures suggest that, in Australia, producing wheat and other grains results in:
* at least 25 times more sentient animals being killed per kilogram of useable protein
* more environmental damage, and
* a great deal more animal cruelty than does farming red meat.
How is this possible?
Agriculture to produce wheat, rice and pulses requires clear-felling native vegetation. That act alone results in the deaths of thousands of Australian animals and plants per hectare.
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