All the animals are killed in the same industrialized slaughterhouses and they all face the same cruel end. If by happy meat you mean animals that are happy to have every single one of their family and friends killed and then to be killed themselves, then I guess you are eating “happy” meat. Happy meat, like Happy Meals is just another marketing jargon.

Whether or not the animals you eat lived a “happy” life has nothing to do with how much impact they have on the environment. We raise and kill 50 billion animals per year for food. That has a huge impact on the environment no matter how “happy” the animals may be. Rainforests still are cleared to make flat land for cows to graze in. The animals still produce a huge amount of feces and urine, they still need to be transported to slaughter, the slaughterhouses are a huge waste of resources and energy. Tons of blood and heads and eyeballs are still dumped into the land and waters. And if the parts are rendered, more trucks are needed to transport them to the rendering plant which uses huge amounts of energy.

Reducing consumption by eating lower in the food chain is the only way you are going to effectively reduce your footprint. Eating “happy” meat is not the answer.

And there is no such thing as “happy” meat. Slaughter is never “happy”.