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(Assuming you're asking with best intent)
I'm suggesting we stop breeding "livestock" (sentient animals) into existence for a life of torture to then be killed and eaten by humans.
80% of agricultural land is used for animal agriculture. Rewilding most of that land, making some of it habitable, and the remaining converted to plant agriculture would be a far more eco-friendly solution.
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Which I agree is unethical; however, real world solutions don't happen immediately like that. A slow movement builds, and as demand for meat, dairy, eggs, etc. reduces, the supply will reduce over time until only a small portion of farmed animals remain. They should be cared for in a similar way that elephants on Sanctuaries or rescues are cared for.
The demand for animal byproducts is not going to reduce, Veganism is simply not as viable or desirable as you think it is.
Not to mention it's a bit of fantasy to think you can just magic pastoral land into arable land, we don't gain more cropland by giving up on animals.