1. The global egg industry destroys 6 billion new born male chicks every year.
2. Male chicks born to egg-laying hens cannot lay eggs and are not the breed used for meat. Hatcheries separate males from females through a process known as “sexing.”
3. Since males are worthless to the egg industry, they are disposed of like trash, either suffocated to death or ground up alive in large industrial macerators.
4. Eggs sold under organic, free-range, and humane labels, and even chicks sold to backyard chicken keepers, also have their origins in these killing hatcheries.
Spiders kill pesky insects like cockroaches, fleas, and ticks. Let house sliders be exactly that, in your house. If it's venomous, let it outside. It has no need to bite you and therefore won't
If you're not a baby cow, you don't need to drink cows milk. There's a reason why mothers stop producing milk after a certain time. Not saying vitamin D isn't s necessary nutrient, but there's other ways to get than that.
"How dare you compare the animal industry to slavery!"
How dare I aptly characterise humans declaring animals as their property and systematically oppressing them.. as slavery? Really? Do you really have to ask that?