Thank you all for the kind comments! I probably should have included an update, as I wrote the majority of this piece a while ago. In August I will be starting as a Master's student in the Barrett Lab, working on farmed insect welfare, which is very exciting!

Thank you lots! I like the tipped jobs idea, too!

I agree! I think if I moved I'd have better luck.

This is very interesting! I think one of the most important things here is how much suffering there was of the animals. (Still, I'm also very unsure that less people would mean less consumption would mean less animals suffering.) There's a rethink priorities article about animal farming in Zambia! The video of the chickens did not seem as extreme (extreme as in horrific) as other things I've read about in places like the U.S.

 https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/what-is-animal-farming-in-rural-zambia-like