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This is absolutely not true. There is a vast difference between a US factory farm feeding cows nothing but corn and soy, and a Sami reindeer herder who is herding reindeer in the frozen tundra the same way his family has for thousands of years. Some land can't be used for anything else than grazing, and while overgrazing is a thing, it's not a universal constant. However the majority of meat on this earth is not sustainably farmed. That is absolutely true. But you can't say no meat is sustainable.
But traditional herding cannot be used to produce enough meet for the high demand there is. Therefore it is necessary to lower the demand, and banning meat advertising could help with that.
Yes the Netherlands should cut way down. Other countries like Mongolia where the land is not suited for anything else, should be allowed to continue.
All meat involves torturing and killing for no reason.
If the Sami sell the meat to non-sami, you have the same problem
The sami do sell the meat to non-sami. Today and traditionally. Their traditional way of living involves trading reindeer meat and hide for grain and tools from the coastal farmers. And they are not the only herding culture who did it. You can take a look at the modern day maasai who trade beef for corn meal. Meat only is not that good of a diet so you have to trade if meat and hide is all you produce.