There are a few things missing from this argument, that I think are important to add:
1. Even on “humane” farms, most animals will only live a few months. It takes some clever twisting of logic to say that bringing someone into existence only to kill them a few months later isn’t wrong.
2. Even on the ideal free range farm, animals don’t live as well as they could. E.g. where I grew up, there are free range sheep. But they are still treated roughly by the farmers, they still die out on the fields if they get sick or too cold. Why settle for humane when we could actually care for animals the way we do for our pets?
3. Donating is great, but political action is also essential if we ever hope to achieve fundamental change for animals. Join protests, sign petitions, write to your representatives and vote for politicians who promise to fight for animals.
There are a few things missing from this argument, that I think are important to add:
1. Even on “humane” farms, most animals will only live a few months. It takes some clever twisting of logic to say that bringing someone into existence only to kill them a few months later isn’t wrong.
2. Even on the ideal free range farm, animals don’t live as well as they could. E.g. where I grew up, there are free range sheep. But they are still treated roughly by the farmers, they still die out on the fields if they get sick or too cold. Why settle for humane when we could actually care for animals the way we do for our pets?
3. Donating is great, but political action is also essential if we ever hope to achieve fundamental change for animals. Join protests, sign petitions, write to your representatives and vote for politicians who promise to fight for animals.