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This would nev­er have occurred to me, although I won­der if some­one who is a veg­e­tar­i­an for eth­i­cal rea­sons would val­ue the life of a mouse less than the life of a cow.

How bru­tal is veg­e­tar­i­an­ism to ani­mals?

Here is one take on the mat­ter, from Mike Archer, con­tro­ver­sial to be sure, and in some ways under-argued, but offer­ing some points to pon­der: … the largest and best-researched loss of sen­tie…