"If you genuinely believe the lives of mammals are morally equivalent to human lives"
I didn't say this ;)
Of course all human agriculture leads to animal suffering.
A more pertinent (and difficult to measure) metric would be suffering per calorie. Industrialized dairy is brutal. Momma cow is forcefully impregnated and separated from her baby so you can have that baby's milk in your coffee.
One could also argue that you have a higher moral obligations to a cow that you are exploiting than a mouse attempting to eat your grain.
I didn't say this ;)
Of course all human agriculture leads to animal suffering.
A more pertinent (and difficult to measure) metric would be suffering per calorie. Industrialized dairy is brutal. Momma cow is forcefully impregnated and separated from her baby so you can have that baby's milk in your coffee.
One could also argue that you have a higher moral obligations to a cow that you are exploiting than a mouse attempting to eat your grain.