The meat industry is huge. Why? Because peope, who are clearly more intelligent and really more valuable than any other animal regardless of the measure used, have needs and wants that we shouldn't try and limit. Most people can clearly conceive that a life without meat would take away one of the great pleasures in life that they find in food. Let's also not forget the millions upon millions of jobs that rely on this industry, and the domesticated animals that we keep alive as a species that would never last in the wild.