And that it can result in more deaths than hunting and eating one large animal.
I admit that modern agriculture can and should be improved to be less cruel. I would still be uncomfortable with the act of killing and eating the flesh of a sentient being like me.
I see people making these kinds of arguments, claiming that they only eat ethically sourced meat, eggs, etc. That they eat “fresh local wildlife”, and that somehow that makes it better. I don’t see a lot of merit behind that though, even if it did lead to less animals losing their lives, somehow I highly doubt these people live on just local wildlife and produce. They legitimately never take a trip to a restaurant? Never buy food from a grocery store? I’ve heard this from the mouths of people that regularly eat McDonald’s. As far as I can tell, it’s a way for them to feel good about their food choices, and not much else.
If their actual concern is the amount of lives lost to agriculture, why aren’t they making arguments in favor of better agriculture practices that are less harmful to wildlife, like reducing use of pesticides? Are they under the impression that we can feed our entire population on exclusively meat from wild animals?