Ethical arguments are increasingly reinforced by economic and environmental realities. Industrial livestock farming is a primary driver of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the overuse of antibiotics in animal farming accelerates global antimicrobial resistance risks.
A prominent group of neuroscientists signed a declaration stating that non-human animals, including all mammals, birds, and many other creatures (like octopuses), possess the neuroanatomical substrates necessary to generate consciousness. and greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore