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comment by DanQ
DanQ  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How many animals does a vegetarian save? | CountingAnimals.com

> We can't really count an animal not ever born as a 'saved' animal.

That depends upon your goals. If your goal is to reduce the number of animals that are slaughtered, then that might be a standpoint for ethical vegetarianism. If your goal is to have more animals living at any given time, then that isn't a good reason (because it can be reasonably assumed that economic pressure by vegetarianism results in a lower breeding rate).

In short: ethical-vegetarianism is complicated.