Another step for animals rights!

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      10 months ago

      Tanning is very polluting. Even throwing away the hides is better for the environment than tanning them.

    • PuddingFeeling@lemmy.caOP
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      10 months ago

      But the bigger issue is the amount of environmental destruction beef farming has on the planet. Why don’t we stop that instead?

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            10 months ago

            But then, if it depends on customers to collectively stop buying something, we’re doomed already.

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              10 months ago

              One less animal product consumer prevents the deaths of many animals. You’re using the all or nothing fallacy.

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          10 months ago

          Have you tried beyond burgers they taste just like the real thing and so humanity can skip the cruelty of lining cows in a narrow chute and slaughtering them unceremoniously.

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                10 months ago

                Excessive red meat you mean? Same goes for excessive fried potatoes. Everything in moderation

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                    10 months ago

                    So is glyphosate which is used to grow many plant based food crops.

                    Hot beverages are another that have the same classification.

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                  10 months ago

                  Same goes for processed plant based products if you want healthy tasty meals there’s plenty of whole food planted based recipes out there for you to try.

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                    10 months ago

                    I can’t get the iron I need from plants alone. Plant-based iron has very low bioavailability. I will always eat meat for health reasons since iron deficiency runs in my family.

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      10 months ago

      Not a waste product, they rely on the profits of everything, it’s a product just as much as meat is and slowling demand for it is good.

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      10 months ago

      Well meat farms produce a lot of methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas, so reducing any kind of demand from a ranch is probably better than nothing. That said, I thought the leather used for iPhones weren’t from animals we’d traditionally use for eating. Moleskin or something?