Singer will only be happy if Humans convert to veganism

Peter Singer is a firebrand. Singer enjoys attacking industry and pushes for small farms. On the small farms he encourages animals to be treated ethically. One example of Singer’s relentless dissatisfaction is exhibited as he takes tours and works at the various farms. He first visits a mass production farm in which chickens had little room to move. He argued that a higher area: bird ratio should have been met. When he visited a farm that provided their chickens with three times as much room as industrial farms, Singer then moved on to attacking the birds’ need for a “natural habitat.” For example, he gives the second farm little credit for reducing their mass output to ensure the chickens have three times as much room as an industrial farm, but instead attacks the absence of natural light within the chicken’s enclosure. When Singer finally does find a farm that allowed chickens access to an open range in which to breed and feed, he complains about chicken’s beaks being seared. At every farm that meets Singer’s expectations of space allotment, Singer presses these farms further, stating that animals are denied of their “natural habitat”. When a natural habitat was provided, Singer moved further to attack other farming practices like putting a ring in the nose of a pig or cutting their tail off; however, even when all of Singer’s criteria are met for “ethical treatment of animals,” he states that farms practicing in this manner (the manner that he prescribes) won’t be productive enough to supply the current demand for meat. To this, he concludes that humans should enact a more vegetable and fruit ridden diet.
Singer asks for an inch only to take a mile. One can only ask what he will demand next. It shouldn’t be hard to imagine that if Singer was to be successful in restricting all meat production to come solely from free-range farming techniques that he would press for complete turnover to vegetarian and vegan food choices. Singer’s quick transition to vegetarianism will be met with a great deal of resistance; however, if he slowly attacked the industry, his radical ideas may become reality. Singer inadvertently has belittled all progress in the industry, and if I was a mass producing farmer I would refuse to partake in the transition. Singer may refute this argument by saying that the consumers choose the trend not the farmers, and will do so by choosing the product that they wish to put on their tables. As this is true with higher end families, those that shop for deals and for easy availability may never move away from mass produced meats.