they also think just because the animal isn’t being killed that peta wouldnt be mad at it. they think peta thinks it kills them to take their wool ☠️☠️

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    Cows and chickens yeah, I don’t think there’s any reason they can’t survive without humans. But they’re still unhealthy because of selective breeding (same as pugs). But if you’re asking if there are healthy “natural/wild” versions of those animals, yes, but they’re not called cows or chickens. The wild cow was called the aurochs and it’s extinct, and the wild chicken is the red junglefowl.

    There are a bunch of different species of wild sheep still around I think.

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      Chickens have been bred to lay far more eggs than they normally would, don’t know how that’d effect their survival in the wild, but it probably wouldn’t help. That’s without going into the abominations that have been bred just for meat.

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      Many “varieties” of chickens have been bred to grow so large that they cannot stand anymore. Other have been bred to lay so many eggs that their bodies steal calcium from their bones in order to create the eggshells.

      Many “varieties” of dairy cows produce so much milk that they endure extreme pain and mastitis when lactating if they aren’t taken care of.

      Animal agriculture is a endless nightmare. We do need to take care of those animals who have only been born because of humans wanting their bodies and the products thereof. We owe them that much.