do you really think that a cow or chicken would not eat you given the chance? of course they would. i can't see why you extend your morals to a species that would not extend morals back to you. the fact remains that the humans won the species war and therefore it is our right to abuse the other species. it's exactly the same argument that applies to the syrian refugees.
the answer is yes because we're the top of the food chain baby
if we do stop eating animals you know which animals die? Cows, chickens, pigs. They'll die anyway because we've domesticated them and they can no longer function without being cared for and what farmer would shell out the cash to care for these animals if they weren't bringing in money?
so to you self-righteous vegans or vegetarians i ask you this: are you okay with having the blood of these animals on your hands because you think we don't need to eat meat?