This isn’t the main problem I had in mind, but it’s worth noting that EA animal advocacy is also aimed at improving welfare and/or preventing suffering in future minds, even when it’s not aimed at far-future animals. The goal of factory farm reform for chickens is to affect (or prevent) future chickens, not chickens that are alive at the time people develop or push for the reform.
This isn’t the main problem I had in mind, but it’s worth noting that EA animal advocacy is also aimed at improving welfare and/or preventing suffering in future minds, even when it’s not aimed at far-future animals. The goal of factory farm reform for chickens is to affect (or prevent) future chickens, not chickens that are alive at the time people develop or push for the reform.