Actually, Spikepole,  I eat relatively little beef, pork, etc. (more fish and poultry, as well as vegetable products).  Mice probably taste fine (though it'd take Mickey, Minnie, Morty and Ferdie to make a snack).  I usually let my cats take care of the mousies.  (They give 'em to me as presents, but they're all chewed up and not fit for barbecuing.)

Yes, because they exist (were bred) for our use, domestic cows are in little danger of extinction, while animals we don't exploit as much (e.g., manatees) have less chance of survival.  But there are many species we do (did) eat or otherwise use, e.g., dodos, many whale species, etc., which are either extinct or close to it.  African elephant survival chances in some countries may have been at least temporatily alleviated by human 'harvesting' for various products, though Asian elephants (traditionally the more "useful" species) are more threatened.   I'm not sure being preferred as people food has helped sharks, though.

Somehow, I can't see "manatee farms."   Manatee watching tourism, maybe.

Why can't we humans learn to share a little?

Oh, yeah.&nb