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They're usually shredded alive almost immediately because they're seen as "waste" since they don't lay eggs

For some more context:

Why the egg industry 'shreds' baby chicks alive (NSFL)

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[-] VictoriaAScharleau@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Would you refuse to save a child from poverty on the grounds that billions will continue living in poverty?

this is a terrible analogy because at the end of one, you can point to the person being saved. no animals are saved by eating plants.

[-] dinkusmann@feddit.rocks 2 points 5 months ago

Good point. I don't think it changes my argument though. If anything, allowing a creature to come into existence just so that it can be slaughtered is way more fucked up than exploiting an existing person.

[-] VictoriaAScharleau@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

you'll forgive me if, in turn, i think your values are "fucked up."

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