>4.5. Vegans exploit more animals Vegans likely exploit more animals than the average person. The Vegan Society officially rejects[1] beekeeping, but many commercial crops[2] require to be pollinated by domestic bees that are forced to breed, shipped around and then worked to death. It's principally impossible to have a nutritionally complete vegan diet without forced pollination, but fodder crops do not exploit bees. As a result, human food crops kill five times[3] as many bees as all livestock slaughter combined and directly support honey production (taking excess honey is necessary for colony health). Vegans should also call around and make sure that their seasonally changing food exporters don't rely on insects[4], terriers[5], sheep[6], ducks[7], organic fertilizers[8] or anything from developing countries[9] where animal labor is still common.
>FOOTNOTES[1]
https://www.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/honey-industry[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated_by_bees[3]
https://i.imgur.com/hESDk90.jpg[4]
https://i.imgur.com/lTC85LR.jpg[5]
https://youtu.be/l2Pyu-Cj0gg[6]
https://i.imgur.com/nfupC0s.jpg[7]
https://youtu.be/Kx3cfoPjyR4[8]
https://www.carnivoreisvegan.com/vegans-use-slave-cows/[9]
https://i.imgur.com/7E0EctM.jpg