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What would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow? (grist.org)
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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Realistically, an end to meat eating would involve eating the cattle herd in one last BBQ before we stop.

[–] spatialdestiny@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But look what happened to all the horse carriage sellers in the 1920's. They're (probably) all dead. You can't threaten the live(lihood)s of the cattle ranchers like that.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 year ago

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/United-States-Farm-based-Horse-Population-1850-2007_fig1_254456029

25 million horses to 3 million horses over the course of 40 years.

Wasn't a great deal for the horses themselves.