LA GUERRA POR LA PROTEINA ANIMAL

We are at war. A war declared on animal protein, encouraged by activism, ideologies, and powers that are not always as innocent as they pretend to be. But also, and above all, a war over its global supply. The powers that be will compete to secure supplies: none can afford to be left without. Meanwhile, global demand for meat, fish, eggs, and milk is reaching historic highs, and Europe, paradoxically, is dismantling its livestock industry and limiting its fishing production. The result? Food is becoming more expensive, and animal protein threatens to become a luxury reserved for the rich. Urban society ignores the countryside and its people. It only knows animals through its pets, which it treats as members of the family. And from this disconnect, it despises and attacks farmers and fishermen, accusing them of being abusers, polluters, and enemies of the planet. It wants them to disappear, while protesting against the high prices of animal protein in the supermarket. How did we arrive at this suicidal contradiction? Why do we persecute farms — now all intentionally labeled "macro farms" — while idealizing a bucolic past that never existed? Why do we blame cows for climate change when, in truth, they have hardly any impact? Why do they want us to eat synthetic meat, grown in laboratories with hormones and chemicals, while persecuting natural meat? This essay, written by a veterinarian and an agricultural engineer, debunks the fallacies that attack animal protein. It shows that eating meat is necessary for our health, that livestock does not deplete water resources, that its climate impact is exaggerated, that animals are not mistreated, and that farmers are essential allies in fighting forest fires and maintaining biodiversity: Farmers and fishermen, despised and persecuted, are not the problem. They are the solution. This book is their defense and our survival manual.