We should prioritize slowing the spread of industrial animal agriculture in future high-production regions over investing in advocacy in currently high-production regions that remain neglected in terms of farmed animal advocacy. Studies project that over 60% of the growth in global meat demand by 2050 will come from Africa and Asia, meaning early interventions in these regions could spare billions of animals from industrial confinement, whereas retrofitting entrenched systems in the US or EU has proven vastly more costly and politically resistant
Dr Kassim comments on Debate: We should prioritize slowing the spread of industrial animal agriculture in future high-production regions over investing in advocacy in currently high-production regions that remain neglected in terms of farmed animal advocacy