No, of course it's better than if they starve.
Although, if the entire world went vegetarian, many hunger problems could be fixed. Of course, it's easy to say that when you're not starving. Meat is better than no meat.
But research shows meat does to your heart and arteries what tabacco does to your lungs.

Also, there are a lot of meat substitutes that taste extremelemy meaty, are healthier, and don't envolve any violent murders.