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Re:Ending factory farming as soon as possible by Cleisthenes on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @06:00PM (#15352729)
Ending factory farming does not end farming. People still have horses despite them not being as useful as they once were.

Ending factory farming would likely actually increase the variety of cows and other animals, which will generally help their health.

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Re:Ending factory farming as soon as possible by sien on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @06:05PM (#15352759)
There were 21M horses in the US in 1900. In 1960 there were 3M.

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/12516/how-common...

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Re:Ending factory farming as soon as possible by mattzito on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @06:36PM (#15352964)
The GP said increased variety, not increased numbers.
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Re:Ending factory farming as soon as possible by sien on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @06:55PM (#15353090)
Yes. However, the magnitude of the decrease is significant and it seemed that it would interest people, as it has, to see the numbers involved in the decline for horses.

For bovines it's likely to be even larger.

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