Forest Fracas
In response to “May the Forest Be With You” (March 25-31, 2026), while I agree with the letter writer that deforestation for the purpose of creating grazing land and food for farm animals needs to stop, there are two issues that were not addressed:
First, though it is true that if everyone went vegan, animals would not be raised for their meat, dairy and eggs, it is highly probable that those species of animals (cows, sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, turkeys) would simply go extinct, as no one is going to go to the trouble and expense of breeding and raising them to be pets. And if all the existing farm animals were released into the wild, they wouldn’t last a year before they starved to death or predators ate them all.
Second, the underlying issue that is creating the demand for deforestation and driving climate change is human overpopulation. Even if the whole world went vegan, that only solves one piece of the very large puzzle that is “too many people on planet Earth.” Perhaps PETA members and others who are concerned about climate change should pledge to not procreate. If you want children, choose adoption, not reproduction.
Chris Wenmoth
Santa Rosa
No Such Buck
Thanks to Donald Trump tanking the U.S. economy, a dollar ain’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Now that his signature is going to be graffitied on the $1 bill, it’s time for the $2 bill to be reinstated to replace the toilet paper the bastardized buck will become.
Bob Canning
Petaluma
