Ten years ago when we kept cows, sheep and pigs in bovine, and porcine happiness and luxury on our small farm, we also killed and butchered them quickly and humanely and ate a great deal of excellent meat. 
Now, the only meat we keep is chickens, so for the most part we are vegetarians, because we know how animals raised commercially for slaughter are treated. Because we know the poisons that are pumped into them, and the cruelty of their treatment both on the farm and in the slaughterhouse, we will not be party to that. Also, as about half of all fish sold are bred in ecologically disastrous fish-farms, and commercial fishing is both cruel and immensely destructive of marine ecosystems, we do not eat fish. That leaves us as basically vegetarians. Despite the misery caused to cows and their offspring in the production of milk, to our shame we still consume milk, yoghurt and cheese. Our eggs are produced by happy hens, so that’s not a worry, and all our greens are home grown. But we still buy flour, lentils, soya beans, nuts etc… and these are grown on such a vast scale that whole continents have been reduced to treeless plains of monoculture, destroying the habitat of birds, lizards, frogs, mammals, rodents… all of natural nature. Everywhere food is grown commercially can be correctly described as a dessert.
Have we the right to reduce the entire planet to a farm that serves only humans? A conundrum, eh? Especially as today’s six billion humans will be 12 billion in another ten years. Time for a cull?
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I definitely think over population is a problem that has to be dealt with and isn't paid enough attention to.