The meat industry is one of the most recently controversial industries, as any process, their mass production brings severe consequences. In this particular case rises not only ecological issues but also ethical questioning.
Environmentally speaking we can list a series of consequences, and this can vary according to the type of animal produced. Cattle, if is managed extensively bring a massive clearing and loss of biodiversity, meanwhile if is intensive bring soil compaction and in some cases pollution, nonetheless this last is less harmful than the first one, also breeding not only cattle but other farm animals, costs more resources than what it cost vegetal products, requires much more water and grain supply in many cases. Another sector is seafood production, where intensive breeding is carried out in reduced isolated sections of the sea, and this often releases diseases to native fauna bringing another series of consequences.