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. . . conflation of animal rights issues with environmental issues. Right after telling us that chicken is pretty good environmentally, this author has to remind us of how these poor animals are treated. Huh - I though the subject was environmentalism? When we conflate the two we are likely to forget that the real issue is overpopulation. Don't forget, hunter/gatherer societies lived off the land with very little negative environmental impact - and guess what, they killed and ate animal flesh. Similarly, were I to kill and eat an animal living in its own natural environment in sustainable numbers (say the deer that are so plentiful in Michigan rural areas that many are starving), the action would have even less negative environmental impact than eating a vegan diet.
