Thanks for sharing, S, and for thinking about how to help the world from so early on! I am very uncertain, but I estimate eating eggs benefits animals.
I estimate replacing chicken eggs from hens in cages with plant-based food requiring as much cropland as the hens’ feed increases or decreases the welfare of arthropods 93.2 (= 3.39*27.5) times as much as it increases the welfare of hens [depending on whether wild arthropods have positive or negative lives].
My best guess is that wild arthropods have negative lives (with more suffering than happiness), so I estimate the replacement above decreases the welfare of arthropods 93.2 times as much as it increases the welfare of hens.
In order to benefit both farmed and wild animals, you could try to get eggs from hens living positive lives. These tend to require more feed, and therefore decrease more the number of wild animals, which I guess is good (with high uncertainty).
This is a very interesting comment, I did not even think about this! I will try to do what you say, but I will also do more research on this to make sure that what you say is correct.
Thanks for sharing, S, and for thinking about how to help the world from so early on! I am very uncertain, but I estimate eating eggs benefits animals.
My best guess is that wild arthropods have negative lives (with more suffering than happiness), so I estimate the replacement above decreases the welfare of arthropods 93.2 times as much as it increases the welfare of hens.
In order to benefit both farmed and wild animals, you could try to get eggs from hens living positive lives. These tend to require more feed, and therefore decrease more the number of wild animals, which I guess is good (with high uncertainty).
This is a very interesting comment, I did not even think about this! I will try to do what you say, but I will also do more research on this to make sure that what you say is correct.