Unethical to eat meat? Yeah, make that argument to someone who's starving.
Should animals be treated better? Absolutely! However, I feel the boycott of the meat industry hasn't been effective in really changing how animals are raised. Boycotts can and have worked, but I feel that some form of tax incentive would change everything. Tax breaks to free range farms, farms that don't use steroids or growth hormones, etc. would put more pressure on them to change. I feel shaming of these practices by the press helps too.
Should animals be treated better? Absolutely! However, I feel the boycott of the meat industry hasn't been effective in really changing how animals are raised. Boycotts can and have worked, but I feel that some form of tax incentive would change everything. Tax breaks to free range farms, farms that don't use steroids or growth hormones, etc. would put more pressure on them to change. I feel shaming of these practices by the press helps too.
