I answered some of the broader concerns above in my first reply, but I sympathize with Jesse’s concern that promoting animal ownership in the developing world makes our support for animals seem unserious. I don’t think it’s that people look at us and say “hypocrites” or insufficiently absolutist but rather that they look at us and say “ahah, even they think it’s okay to own animals, just not if you treat them badly.”
I answered some of the broader concerns above in my first reply, but I sympathize with Jesse’s concern that promoting animal ownership in the developing world makes our support for animals seem unserious. I don’t think it’s that people look at us and say “hypocrites” or insufficiently absolutist but rather that they look at us and say “ahah, even they think it’s okay to own animals, just not if you treat them badly.”