In the modern world, because of the technology development, we need the animals for food, clothong and medicines of situation probably is decrease. So I strongly agree this view. I personally believe it is an advantageous tendency. Although it has some exceptions.
For one thing, about food, Plant-based diets and lab-grown meat can replace the animal products. And these meet tast as same as real meet, including texture and flavor. This behavior is good at solve the ethical and environmental issues. Especially for vegetarians, that will hlepful these groups. For clothing made of animal fur, use the Synthetic fibers and plant-based materials can decrease very much to animals of need. And with the development of technology，the Synthetic fibers and plant-based materials are more comfortable to people. In terms of medicines, methods such as in vitro testing and computer modeling greatly increased the number of experimental methods, that also be good at solve the ethical issues.
And for another, thare are also some exceptions. Like clothing, some animal materials have unique character that irreplaceable. Moreover production of synthetic alterbatives can have environment drawbacks. In medicines, modern medical research cannot use vitro testing and computer model design completely replace animal testing. Because some complicated situations still need animal model to understanding biological Process.
In conclusion, I argue that no longer necessary to use animals for food is beneficial for us to develop. we make significant progress in decrease use animal as food, clothing, medicine. But the path to becoming completely animal-free is still a work. Maybe the necessity of using animals will gradually reduce with the social develop in the future.