How to deal with killing in agriculture?
First, you have overlooked the fact that factory farmed animals are fed food that comes from crops. Therefore, to start with, under your logic, meat is even more destructive to animal life– not less. By eliminating meat and animal products, you have eliminated the vast majority of the intentional exploitation and suffering. The vegan philosophy is to do the least harm– to eliminate that harm wherever practical and possible. It is not about an unattainable perfection. At some point, you have to defend your life. That means if an insect or other animal tries to bite you, or take your food supply that is vital for your survival, at that point you have no choice but to solve that problem. Animals are also killed accidentally while harvesting crops. But if they’re well, they also are smart enough to get out of the way. Workers are out there for the purpose of harvesting crops– not aiming their equipment at animals to score points. This is the difference between someone driving carefully
