> it's hard to argue that decreased genetic diversity will help humans.

Nobody was arguing about what is best for humans.

If the choice of existence for all pigs (randomly selected as an animal commonly used for food) was to live in factory farming conditions or for pigs to go entirely extinct, I'd rather they go extinct. Not for the benefit of humanity, but because never existing is a better outcome for those would-be pigs than living lives full of nothing but suffering.

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monocasa an hour ago | parent [-]

As someone who lives near one of the herds, this isn't a factory farming situation. They live pretty good lives on open space with a bit of population management that ends up with meat and hides that help offset the cost of managing the herd.

	▲	georgemcbay an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That's good to know (genuinely). I wasn't specifically talking about the bison here which is why I randomly selected some other animal to talk about and made the choice more binary than it is in the real world. I was just making a point that what is best for humans is hardly the only criteria to use to make these sorts of decisions for some people (myself included).