I’m not vegan, but this does not follow from the premise you set out with.
Most animals are slaughtered after around one year. Calf/piglet/lamb is taken away early so the mother can become pregnant. She becomes pregnant through artificial means in most cases, or at the least in an organized fashion.
These ‘gargantuan’ numbers of animals we need to cull would not be more than we slaughter at present, if everyone went vegan. No more mechanical pregnanies, no more offspring, and no need for culling beyond the first thirteen months.
Of course, I have never heard a vegan talk about changing all meat eaters overnight, so this is an unlikely scenario, but even if that is your premise, it doesn’t hold up.
I’m not vegan, but this does not follow from the premise you set out with.
Most animals are slaughtered after around one year. Calf/piglet/lamb is taken away early so the mother can become pregnant. She becomes pregnant through artificial means in most cases, or at the least in an organized fashion.
These ‘gargantuan’ numbers of animals we need to cull would not be more than we slaughter at present, if everyone went vegan. No more mechanical pregnanies, no more offspring, and no need for culling beyond the first thirteen months. Of course, I have never heard a vegan talk about changing all meat eaters overnight, so this is an unlikely scenario, but even if that is your premise, it doesn’t hold up.