Per capita red meat consumption has been declining in the U.S. for decades from ~130lbs/yr in 1960 to 112lbs in 2020. At the same time, chicken went from 34lbs/yr to 113lbs so overall meat consumption has actually increased.
I suppose some people may consider stable to be overstating this situation. Nevertheless, when put into context of natural wild herd sizes as done by krrrh https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26543346 , I believe my overall point stands.
Absolutely surprised. Do you have science to back up this claim? ... That goes back more more than a couple decades?