Animal Breeding

Consider the DISADVANTAGES of the consumption of meat and animal fat, and the breeding of tropical birds for leisure and the breeding of animals for consumption solely.

An increase in diseases transmitted from livestock to humans
Zoonoses as BSE, SARS, MERS, Q Fever and the spread of multi-drugs resistant bacteria were the result
After the abolition of slavery in the mid 19th century, the international exotic pet trade, the international human trafficking, the arms industry and drug trafficking are the most profitable forms of trade. Worldwide, an estimated 40,000 primates, 4 million exotic birds, 640,000 reptiles and 350 million tropical fish are traded live each year. Wildlife trafficking in exotics is estimated a 6 billion USD industry.
Intensive breeding for profit of pigs, poultry, cattle and fish became the new business model mid 20th century
Live animal-based food markets are related to highly pathogenic influenza
Increase in cancer is, very recently, since mid 20th century
Oncogenic retroviruses as chicken and bovine leukemia viruses are now detected in our food chain with more refined laboratory research
Bovine leukemia virus was detected in breast cancer tissue of women
Consumption of meat is related to colorectal cancer
Common bird flu infections with Chlamydiae were found to be related to lung cancer and malignant lymphoma


Climate change. In the last 50 years, our diet has become increasingly unnatural. Meat, milk and eggs in our diet contribute more to climate change in the world than the emissions of our fleet. The rapidly growing meat industry produces more greenhouse gases than all the traffic together
Fatter beef meat, chicken meat and pig meat contain more animal proteins and saturated animal fat and cause more welfare diseases like cerebrovascular disease, obesity and common cancers
Animal proteins accelerate aging 



Change towards strictly plant-based foods is not easy. 

The image of the classic vegetarian complicates this transition.