• WoodScientist [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    Animals in captivity usually don’t breed in large numbers. The animals we domesticated historically were the handful of weird species that would breed in captivity.

    Humans are animals. The more and more people feel they are in captivity, the fewer children they will have.

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      The animals we domesticated historically were the handful of weird species that would breed in captivity.

      Do you have a citation for this claim? My understanding from work experience when I was younger is that in modern agriculture, most stock is forcibly bred.