To believe that eating meat should be illegal?

I think you're right.

It will suit those in power to have a weaker population to control.

You can bet your bottom dollar though that the elite will still be eating meat.

You know they'll be eaten, right?

And if never bred, go extinct.

Ach, he's a free thinker. We need more of those.

I don't think even 1% of people in this country will be bothered to go do their own hunting and trapping. Maybe fishing will increase a bit, but I can't imagine most people could be bothered.

I think some people believe that if they are not food then they will eat, sleep and reproduce and farmers and vets are not needed at all.
Apparently diseases and illnesses only exist in farm animals when they are to be eaten . And if left to live free they won't need help at all.
Which is handy as the cost to look after all the farm animals till they die naturally would be quite a lot and obviously then have to be paid for by the government. So taxes basically

I wish vegans showed this much passion in advocating for the rights of humans who are involved in the production of their fancy plant based foods. Have you seen the damage that processing cashew does to hands? Blisters, burns, rashes.

“The cashew industry relies on a brutal manufacturing process to bring its products to market, including the forced labour and the exploitation of children."

"The vast majority of the global production of cashew nuts is processed in India and Vietnam. Despite reports of the horrendous working conditions that exist in many of these factories, there has been very little auditing or certification of the plants, and virtually no accountability throughout the industry.
The cashew plant comes from the same family as poison ivy and poison sumac. The shells contain anacardic acid, a naturally occurring chemical compound that is an extremely toxic chemical. When handled directly, it can cause severe irritation and burns to the skin. For this reason, cashews, unlike other nuts, cannot be sold in their shell. They are removed by hand, and the mostly female workers are rarely supplied with protective gloves, as it slows down work and can increase expenses. The smoke from processing is also toxic and can harm workers’ lungs."

Enjoy your cashew milk lattes 👌

I'm vegan, and I'd be delighted if more people were, but making it illegal wouldn't work.
There would be massive resistance to it, as you can see from the replies here.

I'd rather go to an early grave via UPFs than be complicit in eating the corpses of slaves.

Exactly, I actually don't think that meat-eaters all genuinely think this though - it's just a cheap shot like they think they can get us with a gotcha!
My diet is predominantly whole foods, plant-based - loads of good fruit and veg. We barely ever have meat substitutes.

How is that going to work? Are we to have somebody standing with us 24/7 to ensure that we only eat veggie stuff? You can ban meat sales all you want....there's plenty of wildlife here in the countryside that would end up on someone's table without the need to buy it. If you want to see a rise in trapping/snaring/lamping (all of which are illegal but very hard to police as it is), then crack on with your ban.

Don't be ridiculous.

Theoretically I don't think you are wrong
But my gluten free soya free dairy free nut free child would definitely struggle as a vegan, she would be limited to fruit, veg and rice, getting enough protein into her would be a big challenge

Perhaps it will be illegal to commodify animals both for meat and for company

Are you either spoiling for a rumble or someone who wants their ethics essay written for them?

Fwiw, look at the huge amount of environmental damage caused by some of the alternatives. What would you rather eat? Actual real chicken or some horrendously processed chick'n alternative.

You still need protein, which isn't adequately provided by vegetables. If you're veggie you can eat eggs, which are a good source, but I think the lack of variation in the diet puts a lot of people off.

What about carnivorous pets? Would they be illegal as well?

Not if farmers stopped looking after them, feeding them, worming them, sheering them, paying for vets and hoof trimmers etc.. We couldn't just abandon farm animals - someone would need to care for them to end of life and the government would need to fund that!

But I want my slaves. No one can take my slaves from me. Wah wah wah.
You won't ban slavery, it's been legal for years. It's how I built my city that I lord over. We wouldn't have built the pyramids and other great things without slavery. What about the slave industry - all those people who will be out of a job if we ban slavery. Slaves don't have the same feelings as us. They don't feel pain. They were put on this earth to serve us. Don't preach to me, you holier-than-thou abolitionist. FrEEdOm To Cho0o0o0o0ose. Innit.

Very inconsiderate response. I'm a meat eater and I even find your comment to be in very bad taste.

If you get drunk and bladdered, that's on you.
Maybe it's time for you to give up alcohol since you get smashed so bad you have a "minging hangover"

I don’t think you can substitute the nutrients in meat. Humans have always been eating meat, it’s part of the food chain. It’s our natural diet. Are we going to ban animals from eating their natural food too?! All this lab grown meat is unhealthy and disgusting

If we banned meat eating for environmental and ethical reasons then we should ban transporting food from overseas and plant products like coconut milk (worker exploitation) and almond milk (bad for milk) Would honey and fruit be banned because they are produced by bees? A shocking number of food miles are on food labelled British as it’s packed overseas then sent back.
Instead of booze cruises to France, people would end up travelling for the chance to eat food and drink that isn’t native to the UK. We’d be stuck with like 3 vegetables over the winter months and the price would shoot up and poor people would starve as a result.

I feel it will be illegal within 100 years.

I dont really understand the British notion that being veggie means eating processed crap.
Millions of veggie people across the world eat that common substitute: vegetables.

This will never happen. Thankfully.

All some people need is an iron or B12 supplement if they are having problems.