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https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/almost-all-livestock-in-the-united-states-is-factory-farmed

Estimates are still quite high globally too. Around 94% of all globally farmed animals are factory farmed. 74% of all farmed land animals are factory farmed and virtually all farmed fish

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[–] nsrxn@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Declaring that humans and chickens are distinct is not sufficient to say to they deserve radically different ethical consideration.

it is. ethics are a social construct developed by humans to help them understand correct action in human society. chickens are only relevant to the extent that it impacts how people relate to one another

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is rather circular reasoning. You are saying humans only matter because some humans say only humans matter

If we can just declare ethics excludes any group inherently because I said so, then that can lead to pretty bad conclusions

[–] nsrxn@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 week ago

not any group. nonhumans.