Although the greenhouse gas emissions would lower if the production of meat was decreased, eating less meat could cause overpopulation and spread of disease. If animals were not eaten then they would become overpopulated and likely boost the spread of disease. Take deer for example, when the animal gets overpopulated, diseases will spread quickly. The Danbury Constitution Tribune states, “There is a deer overpopulation problem in our region, and it is interlocked with the Lyme disease problem because of the deer tick...the adult female tick gets to lay 2,000 to 3,000 eggs only if it feeds on a large mammal present in dense herds” (“Deer Overpopulation Helps Spread Lyme” par. 12-13). Not only can overpopulation cause the spread of Lyme disease, but overpopulation of deer can cause an outbreak of chronic wasting disease. Ted Sullivan, author of “Hunters Will Have Liberal Hunting Regulations This Season,” argued that because of the overpopulation of deer, hunters will have no limit during season to try to control chronic wasting disease (par. 1). In reality, if animals were not eaten, they would become sick with various diseases and die off in a slow death.
Although the overpopulation of animals will begin to spread disease, not eating animals could potentially be the answer to help discontinue world hunger. Vegetarians contribute to global food security because the grains used to feed the animals can be transported to other countries. “Vegetarians Contribute to Global Food Security”claims, “The amount of grain produced today is enough to feed the world twice over, but 70 percent of the grain is fed to livestock” (par. 11). If the whole world could be fed two times by just the grains produced today, world hunger would cease to exist. In addition to the plethora of people that could be fed by the grain, “Vegetarians Contribute to Global Food Security” states that we waste nearly all the protein from animals (par. 13). Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin from the University of Chicago conducted a study to see the efficiency of a small organic farm versus a large agribusiness company; the findings were that a five to ten acre farm could support 200 to 300 families ("A Vegetarian Diet Is More Energy Efficient Than a Meat Diet" par. 17). Overall, if less of the grains were used to feed animals, the grain could be mass distributed to people in hunger and contribute to global food security.
Although the overpopulation of animals will begin to spread disease, not eating animals could potentially be the answer to help discontinue world hunger. Vegetarians contribute to global food security because the grains used to feed the animals can be transported to other countries. “Vegetarians Contribute to Global Food Security”claims, “The amount of grain produced today is enough to feed the world twice over, but 70 percent of the grain is fed to livestock” (par. 11). If the whole world could be fed two times by just the grains produced today, world hunger would cease to exist. In addition to the plethora of people that could be fed by the grain, “Vegetarians Contribute to Global Food Security” states that we waste nearly all the protein from animals (par. 13). Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin from the University of Chicago conducted a study to see the efficiency of a small organic farm versus a large agribusiness company; the findings were that a five to ten acre farm could support 200 to 300 families ("A Vegetarian Diet Is More Energy Efficient Than a Meat Diet" par. 17). Overall, if less of the grains were used to feed animals, the grain could be mass distributed to people in hunger and contribute to global food security.