What Would Happen to Animals if the World Stopped Eating Meat

Kecia Talbot, a reader writing from San Rafael gives a good answer in her letter to the editor today.  "Given the title "Farm animal survival" she refers to the question posed on August 6, "Reader has bone to pick with vegans." What would happen to animals if we didn't eat them?

Farm animal survival

Regarding “Reader has bone to pick with vegans” (Letters, Aug. 6): The cows, chickens and pigs he references are domesticated animals. If we don’t breed them, they don’t exist. They would not be roaming the countryside; they would have difficulty surviving on their own. Surely, some would become pets. But one generation is all it would take to eliminate the presence of the billions of farm animals on the planet, cut off the pollution their existence causes and stop their suffering.

Kecia Talbot, San Rafael