Actually it’s probably rabbits, they take very little in terms of feed and water to get meat from especially if you go for a meat rabbit breed. Bonus points if you go for one who’s fur is worth more, like the American Chinchilla vs the pure white ones that get a little bigger.
Though for maximum efficiency you really have to go for insects melee worms and crickets are up there in terms of protein conversion.
Whales are impractical like most carnivores since you have to raise their food, wasting plant matter to then feed the carnivore it’s meals making it roughly twice as inefficient to eat a carnivore over an herbivore.
There is also the land use issue to get land use as minimal as possible you need to maximize calories/protein per acre and how possible that is will vary with the location. Some locations goats are ideal since traditional agriculture is impossible and they can forage effectively on it.
Also water constraints will limit what your best option is for maximizing the end goal, anyway I’m so far of track…
There’s also a lot more meat per cow. From a “lesser harm” point of view, more cats would suffer and die to provide the same amount of meat.
So. In this logic, blue whale is the ideal “for meat” animal?
Actually it’s probably rabbits, they take very little in terms of feed and water to get meat from especially if you go for a meat rabbit breed. Bonus points if you go for one who’s fur is worth more, like the American Chinchilla vs the pure white ones that get a little bigger.
Though for maximum efficiency you really have to go for insects melee worms and crickets are up there in terms of protein conversion.
Whales are impractical like most carnivores since you have to raise their food, wasting plant matter to then feed the carnivore it’s meals making it roughly twice as inefficient to eat a carnivore over an herbivore.
There is also the land use issue to get land use as minimal as possible you need to maximize calories/protein per acre and how possible that is will vary with the location. Some locations goats are ideal since traditional agriculture is impossible and they can forage effectively on it.
Also water constraints will limit what your best option is for maximizing the end goal, anyway I’m so far of track…