Rubystars wrote:

> "Allyb" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>How does a serving of tofu kill animals? Please include your source, I'm
>>curious.
>>
>>Allyb
>
>
> There's a group of people in here who focus on collateral damage of farming,
> and say that's just as bad (or worse) for animals as meat eating.

That is INCORRECT. The people who point out collateral
deaths of animals from farming are not making a
comparison ("just as bad"). What they are doing is
illustrating THE fundamental unpleasant truth for
"vegans": following the silly dietary rule of "do not
consume animal parts" does NOT ensure that you aren't
harming animals; animals still die in the course of
producing fruits and vegetables.

>
> They're referring to the mice and birds and other animals in the crop fields
> that are harmed by chemicals and harvesting machines, etc.
>
> I'm not sure how they calculate the numbers, exactly,

I don't. It isn't necessary. In order to demolish the
bogus claim of "vegans", it is only necessary to point
out that the deaths occur. It doesn't matter if a
strictly vegetarian diet kills more, fewer, or the same
number of animals; what matters is that the number is
not zero, and never will be.

> but they claim that a
> serving of tofu could involve more animal deaths (from CDs) than one serving
> of beef that came from one cow.

It could, but it's irrelevant.