Isn’t this equivalent to “I am going to cause some suffering but promise to pay to educate someone else to not cause more suffering”?
Unlike carbon offsetting, animal suffering from factory farming is irreversible.
I agree that ACE charities are very cost-effective and I personally support them. But, the 15 chicken spared per dollar you quoted is not true. It is actually a rough estimate of −6 to +13 animals spared from industrial agriculture. Here is the donation impact estimate of the Human League according to ACE:
What do you get for your donation?
From an average $1,000 donation, THL would spend about $420 on corporate outreach to campaign for higher welfare policies. They would spend about $320 on grassroots outreach, including leafleting, supporting corporate campaigns, and humane education. THL would also spend about $130 on online ads, $100 on communications and social media, and about $30 on studies through Humane League Labs. Our rough estimate is that these activities combined would spare −6,000 to 13,000 animals from life in industrial agriculture.
Isn’t this equivalent to “I am going to cause some suffering but promise to pay to educate someone else to not cause more suffering”?
Unlike carbon offsetting, animal suffering from factory farming is irreversible.
I agree that ACE charities are very cost-effective and I personally support them. But, the 15 chicken spared per dollar you quoted is not true. It is actually a rough estimate of −6 to +13 animals spared from industrial agriculture. Here is the donation impact estimate of the Human League according to ACE:
What do you get for your donation?
From an average $1,000 donation, THL would spend about $420 on corporate outreach to campaign for higher welfare policies. They would spend about $320 on grassroots outreach, including leafleting, supporting corporate campaigns, and humane education. THL would also spend about $130 on online ads, $100 on communications and social media, and about $30 on studies through Humane League Labs. Our rough estimate is that these activities combined would spare −6,000 to 13,000 animals from life in industrial agriculture.
https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-review/the-humane-league/
Fair point. Also this model gives a very similar number too, if you take the median of the −6, 13 estimate (3.5).