Sometimes I am alarmed that so few people are “species ethicists.” In a Darwinian sense, the chicken had won a genetic lottery by being tasty, horse by being fast, dog by being friendly. Discontinuing meat is ethically equivalent to species extinction.
it cuts both ways, right? in many cases an introduced ("invasive") species is a preferred pest control solution to chemical spraying.
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I think we know how internet threads like this end -- someone will bring up the example of gorillas that die off when winter comes.
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the solution, clearly, is to start meat-farming gorillas so they'll never have to worry about staying warm in winter
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