Why We Don't Recommend Donating to Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği
Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği (ÇHKD) is a charity that claims to have helped over a million hens through corporate campaigns like the one below.
However, we believe that ÇHKD's campaigns have actually helped close to zero animals.
The Core Problem: ÇHKD Assumes Their Corporate Campaigns Are Highly Impactful
On their website, ÇHKD claims that their corporate campaigns have caused multi-billion dollar companies like Starbucks and Burger King to commit to stop using eggs from caged hens.
At face value, these impact claims are impressive. However, these impact claims assume that ÇHKD's campaigns actually caused companies to meaningfully alter their behavior. And given that there are numerous reasons to believe this is not the case, we would expect the true impact of ÇHKD's campaigns to be virtually zero.
Conclusion
ÇHKD's impact claims are based on a favorable assumption. And that's the core problem.
By making favorable assumptions, any amount of impact can be claimed—even if the true impact is zero.
For this reason, we do not consider ÇHKD's impact claims to be credible, and we do not recommend donating to them.
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