If the world went Vegan tomorrow?!


Question: If the world went Vegan tomorrow?
Lets say (I know this is impossible) but all the rulers of every country came together and declared the world to be vegan. What do you think would happen to the domestic (and zoo) animals? They need meat to survive, but there would be no factories killing animals for meat.

If you had a say in it, how would you handle the situation? would you allow meat farms to still be allowed, but only for feeding animals?

and you can't let these Domestic and zoo animals free, because they wouldn't be able to fend for themselves.

Thanks for your input :) (and I ask this in no way to insult anyone, im just really curious at some idea's)

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I sure hope Vegans feed meat to their carnivore pets. I (a vegetarian) certainly do.

The first thing that would happen is the population of cows would decrease, and our global warming problem would end. (cows put out more co2 than cars)



if the world went vegan tomorrow there would still be a ton of meat that was already killed. the animals in the zoo could be fed that for a while. also, animals in zoos aren't domesticated and would probably revert back to there natural way very soon.



No that would defeat the purpose of making the world vegan. Just release the animals into the wild. Why wouldn't they be able to fend for themselves? Put them back in their natural habitat and animals lose their reliance on humans in a snap.



Meat eating animals are able to kill their own prey. False delimma, thanks for playing



Like you said, that's impossible. If there was going to be a world no-meat ordinance (like the human rights ones we have today), it would be preceded by a lot of countries, businesses and individuals going vegan. Factory farms would gradually close down, money would gradually be taken out of animal agriculture and put into farm sanctuaries, which would be closed down as the animals lived out their lives and were breeded less.

If the world decided that animal rights was important, there wouldn't be anymore domesticated animals. That might be a scary thought to someone in our time who is used to their pet dog and visiting the zoo, but our society has a long way to go and people will gradually understand that animals do not want to be kept on chains, do unnatural tricks to entertain people, or stay indoors 24/7 with absolutely nothing to entertain them. So like the factory farms, animal breeding operations would gradually end, and more money would temporarily go to sanctuaries and shelters.

But to answer your hypothetical question, remember that many domesticated animals are either herbivorous or opportunistic meat-eaters and can survive without meat, like humans. Dogs can live without meat. Many zoo animals are not actually domesticated, and could be gradually replaced to their natural habitats with no adverse effects. and if humans really decided over night that it was not morally right to kill animals, then that would leave us with a dilemma that can't be avoided: Do we continue to torture and kill cattle, pigs, and birds to feed our domesticated animals for one generation (to let it continue indefinitely would be contrary to the resolution in the first place)... or do we put animals into the wild after we made sure those animals could not survive in the wild? (If we did that, evolution would take over. Many of the domesticated animals would die, but some would use the wild skills and instincts they have to survive and they would gradually become wild animals again. For example, dogs would eventually turn back into wolves.)

I'm not really sure which is better. See, if we put the completely domesticated species back into the wild, they would suffer more, but at least their species would most likely survive. If we let them remain dependent on humans and stop breeding them, they would not suffer (if you don't consider captivity suffering), but their species could all die off. So in my point of view, it would be better just to let them be wild again. But only a portion of the animals at a time, or they would overflow into our communities. We have an attachment to these animals, but really, how are they any different than any weak animals in the wild who get killed by survival of the fittest?



Here is the situation, Zoos are not vegan so the animals would need to be set free or slowly integrated back into their natural environment. They couldn't stay in zoos because that would negate the world going vegan and the ones that are already herbivores aren't really as much a problem if they lived out their days on a sanctuary.
As for domesticated animals some like cats would do fine in the wild, herbivores like rabbits would be able to live amongst humyns easily some would need to be companions and some might also be able to be set free in the wild.

I wouldn't support a meat industry even if just for animals. I think a lot of animals can resort back too their natural instincts after a while out captivity. The ones who really can't might end up having to just die naturally.

Humyns have already gotten way to involved with animals and we need to stop that for sure.

I am sure if the world went vegan tomorrow there would be enough meat to feed most if not all animals as they are being integrated back into the wild or living out their days.

Vegan because animals are not property



I am against this because acting better than everyone else is 95% of the reason I became vegan. If everyone was vegan I would see little point in it.

Also, I would not allow meat farms to operate. All domestic animals would be set free and they could fend for themselves in the wild.

My brain



id kill myself.

i love myself a steak




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