• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Yeah but what are we gonna do with all these pigs then? Uplift them and invite them into our society?

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        6 months ago

        That’s straight ignorance. You don’t abandon a curated breed of livestock based on some short term innovation. Humanity’s dependence on these types animals is older than recorded history. You would doom us all if the technology fails and we can not go back to traditional methods.

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      6 months ago

      Eat the last generation and put a couple in zoos, like we did with all species once they are no longer useful…

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      6 months ago

      This was definitely one of my concerns when I first went vegan, but thankfully, it’s really not a problem at all, due to basic supply and demand.

      Everyone in the world isn’t going to go vegan overnight. The demand for animal products will gradually decline over decades, and farmers won’t waste their time and money by raising more animals than they can sell, so the supply will decline in turn.

      • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        Nah. We got people in helicopters shooting them by the hundreds and they are still out of control.

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        6 months ago

        Imagine how that moment would look on The Simpsons. Imagine Lisa hitting the button to free them all

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        6 months ago

        That’s the fastest way to kill of even more animals and species as a whole. Pigs are really good at adapting and eating.

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      6 months ago

      Animal reservoir? Instead of millions of pigs sent to the slaughter, thousands in free range zones where they can have their stem cells harvested without suffering. And “train” the rest to live on their original place.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, not a good idea. There are wild hogs, but our farm pigs are not good for the wild. They go feral and become giant and dangerous and do a lot of damage, and they also breed like crazy. It’s actually a really big issue. These animals are meant for the farm and nothing more.