Interesting. I have a similar post about this issue where I make the suggestion that vegans with cats should make a type of “factory farming offset” by donating to Animal Charity Evaluators.
My math was a bit off as I used slaughter weight for broiler chickens and not market weight, so thanks for bringing up that distinction.
Further, there’s really no good evidence in support of Animal Charity Evaluator’s cost effective estimates for vegan outreach. And in the case of corporate campaigns, it’s not clear that the organizations effective in this area still have room for funding.
Interesting. I have a similar post about this issue where I make the suggestion that vegans with cats should make a type of “factory farming offset” by donating to Animal Charity Evaluators.
My math was a bit off as I used slaughter weight for broiler chickens and not market weight, so thanks for bringing up that distinction.
I’m not a proponent of ethical offsets, in part because of the reasons given by Claire Zabel here:
http://effective-altruism.com/ea/ry/ethical_offsetting_is_antithetical_to_ea/
Further, there’s really no good evidence in support of Animal Charity Evaluator’s cost effective estimates for vegan outreach. And in the case of corporate campaigns, it’s not clear that the organizations effective in this area still have room for funding.