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Funkydog posted...

Where both parties benefit - so like with pets as the most obvious example. Plenty of animals have it with one another as well.

This.

Specifically, I mentioned rare breed conservation programs, which sponsor farms and breeders to preserve rare varieties of livestock like chickens and sheep. They're not concerned with meat, and focus on humane byproducts like eggs, lanolin, wool, etc... Many breeds are in danger of dying out completely, but through human intervention they're being preserved.

An even more significant example of human-animal mutualism is beekeeping. In recent history, honeybees were becoming increasingly threatened by natural vectors like CCD and varoa mites, to the point that they were almost endangered in some areas. However, beekeeping became extremely mainstream in the last 20 years, which had helped honeybees recover, since they're protected and cared for by humans now.

Under veganism, relationships like this would not exist and those animals could potentially die out. Why not promote humane farming, when it literally saves animals lives?