In article >,
usual suspect > wrote:

> This ignores the fact that animals die in the course of "vegan" food
> production, too. Those deaths -- through poisoning, mutilation,
> drowning, predation, etc. -- are significantly more "cruel" than the
> humane slaughter which they object.

Killed, of course, by meat eaters. When the vegan buys the ingredients
for the day's meal, the killing is usually done by the meat eater who
rather than finding 'ethical' means of growing or harvesting such
products, continues to kill.