Conclusion

Now that you have read this book – or at least dipped into it – you too will almost certainly share the concerns which prompted the original Extinction and Livestock conference – and this book itself. You will understand even more deeply the impact of industrial animal farming and its associated industries on the global environment. You will “get” the connection between the massive loss of biodiversity and industrial farming; you will see why iconic species from the Sumatran elephant to the Brazilian jaguar are being squeezed out of their habitats because of our farming methods and our appetites. You will sense the urgency of change.