I would guess that for baitfish, fish stocking, and rodents fed to pet snakes, there’s a lot of existing expertise in animal welfare and animal interventions (e.g. corporate outreach/campaigns) that’s transferable, so the setup costs wouldn’t be too high. Did you find this not to be the case?
I think there are some transferable set-up costs. For corporate campaigns to work, you need an involvement of public-facing corporations that have at least some customers who care about animal welfare, and an ask that wouldn’t bankrupt them if implemented. I don’t think that any corporations involved in baitfish or fish stocking are at all like that. Maybe you could do a corporate campaign against pet shops to stop selling pet snakes. But snakes are also sold at specialized reptile shops and I don’t think that such a campaign against them would make sense.
However, animal advocates also do legislative outreach and that could be used for these issues as well. Also, they have an audience who cares about animals and that could be very useful too.
I would guess that for baitfish, fish stocking, and rodents fed to pet snakes, there’s a lot of existing expertise in animal welfare and animal interventions (e.g. corporate outreach/campaigns) that’s transferable, so the setup costs wouldn’t be too high. Did you find this not to be the case?
I think there are some transferable set-up costs. For corporate campaigns to work, you need an involvement of public-facing corporations that have at least some customers who care about animal welfare, and an ask that wouldn’t bankrupt them if implemented. I don’t think that any corporations involved in baitfish or fish stocking are at all like that. Maybe you could do a corporate campaign against pet shops to stop selling pet snakes. But snakes are also sold at specialized reptile shops and I don’t think that such a campaign against them would make sense.
However, animal advocates also do legislative outreach and that could be used for these issues as well. Also, they have an audience who cares about animals and that could be very useful too.