Some believe that a vegetarian diet is free of involvement in the killing of animals, but they forget the uncounted millions of rabbits, groundhogs, mice, moles, and other field animals slaughtered every year by the machines used to harvest grains and vegetables. As Cam Edwards points out in an article in National review, "Chances are, even if you're the most committed vegan you know, animals died in the making of your last, and next, meal." And these are not nice deaths.
Excerpt from Quillette article By Tom Blanton