Nuwer is a plus for her credibility also shows that she is very attached to the subject and has given expert opinions, statistics and reasons to support his argument. Although her argument is not entirely good, as she presents several flaws in her article by using sources in her article that discuss the downsides of eliminating livestock and eliminating meat for everyone, coming from sources who believe it would be a mistake if this were to be done. For example, Ben Phalan, a researcher balancing food demand and biodiversity at Cambridge Universities. states that "there are more than 3.5 billion domestic ruminants on earth and tens of billions of chickens produced and killed for food each year" and that "we would be talking about a huge economic disruption." Phalan also states that "without livestock, life in certain environments would likely become impossible for some people", for example, Phalan states that "the cultural impact of completely abandoning meat would be very significant, which is why efforts aimed at reducing meat consumption have often failed", Phalan rightly points out that meat is an important part of history, tradition and cultural identity, for example in the way other cultures use meat in their daily lives. Phalan says many groups around the world offer livestock gifts during weeding, celebratory dinners such as a Christmas center around turkey or roast beef, as well as meat dishes. Overall, Phalan has a very strong argument because he