Would there be adverse effects to the overall health of the human race if humans ceased killing animals?

Question

Would there be adverse effects to the overall health of the human race if humans ceased killing animals?

Answer 1

Yes, unless humans watched their diet very, very carefully they would suffer from lack of the proper proteins & live births would drop drastically.  Humans are omnivoirs that can survive for long periods of time without either meat, or vegetables & fruits, but they suffer several diseases without both.  Modern humans, with the proper vitamins, can subsist as complete vegetarians without ill effects.

Answer 2

Lack of food = starvation = cannibalism...

Answer 3

I'm not really sure, but I don't think a 100% vegetarian diet is healthy for humans, as we are omnivores. We would have to find a way to supplement what was missing in our diets. And we would have a lot less medicines to choose from. We'd be dying more from illnesses we couldn't cure. Other than that, I guess we'd be OK.

Answer 4

Yes, there are excess of people in the world, and more lazy people to sow and cultivate the land, so is easier to extinguish species instead grab a pick and a shovel to grow the food.

In a short time we will start seeing people starving and dying, the human nature on the other hand is destructive, and those poor animals are easy target. It is highly adverse the undiscriminated killing of animals, but there is no easy way to stop that.

Answer 5

Does that include not killing animals with bird flu or hoof and mouth or mad cow or other epidemics?  That could be really, really bad news for the world.

Answer 6

well,

if that were to happen, wouldn't the animals over populate? We already have an over population of humans... But then again... who's to say that humans are any more important than animals?

sorry I kinda answered your question with another question, haha

Answer 7

well, if humans are not killing animals they will not be eating animals. It is possible this can have an adverse effect because humans are omnivores. We are SUPPOSED to eat animals and fruit and vegetables.

Another way this would effect the overall health of the human race would be the overpopulation of the world with food animals. If we are not killing them they will be fruitful and multiply. Just the extra Methane from the cows would be enough to damage the ecosystem. This would increase the greenhouse gasses and could be enough to finally kill us all off.

Answer 8

well they would 'evolve' or, making more sense, adapt to the situation and as they would need more resources, take over the world domination per se from humans. bottomline, we'd be screwed in some kind of specie V specie war!!!!!!

Answer 9

Yes, but it would surely benefit other animals.