Quote Originally Posted by Bashini
As someone mentioned above most meat (especially in North America) comes from factory farms, where cows, chickens and pigs are fed on corn/soy diets. The feeding and watering of these animals takes more resources then if the humans ate the product directly. Pasturing helps, but currently with the high human populace on the planet it is not sustainable or affordable.
Source? And as suspected, you don't take into account that we already have a huge food surplus in the more developed countries. If we add more resources, those aren't going to automatically go to the ones who need them; it's more of a problem with distribution than production.

The problem with the domestication of animals is that we have taken away many of their basic instincts that allow them to survive on their own. We cannot truly communicate our intentions to one another, so the relationship will always be one of animal=asset and humans=master. I absolutely detest this relationship, and with our current technology we no longer need animals for the purpose of transportation or food. Companion animals are nice, but they end up being commodities. Any creature that can feel and act of its own will is not a 'commodity' in my book.
Um, so? Ok, you're personally against it, but how can you justify it being evil, especially if the animals themselves aren't capable of caring one way or another? You seem to have this idea of what you feel is objectively better for animals, which is nonsense.

Also, 'rights' are merely commonly agreed upon rules of conduct to be followed by humans. Humans tragically, need a long list of rules to avoid senseless cruelty. Animals should be granted the 'rights' of any other sentient life form, to be allowed to live uninhibited by human development or greed.
Why?

Medically speaking the use of lab animals has slowed the progression of medical science, because it gives inaccurate data.
This is really laughable.