the human population is very much reliant on animal sources to sustain itself

Do you have a source for that? What % of the global meat consumption is actually necessary and what is just for pleasure? And don’t get me started on food waste…

what is required to continue existing as a species

Do you mean scale up as a species? We’ve existed for how many thousands of years in a sustainable way?

the distinctive categories of pets and livestock are an unfortunate requirement of our current situation

A requirement for what? You said we need animals to sustain ourselves. What do we need the distinction of pets for?

People who treat pets animals as property are not good people.

FTFY

I’m not a militant vegan, I do make occasional exemptions for ethically sourced animal products. But the distinction between pets and other animals is just hypocritical.

no obligation to help (unlike literally all of your examples)

How are my other examples obligated to help? They can find a different occupation if they have children that would lose a parent if something happened while they were on the job.

She ran away from her family like a coward to get out of dealing with them, to play soldier and be used as a bad PR piece.

You know that how? Did she say so? Or is it your interpretation of her situation?

If she’d prefer not to be in that situation, she had every ability not to be

Oh yeah, it’s super easy to get out of a moral dilemma. Sorry, must’ve slipped my mind.

Imagine telling your children you were willing and able to help those less fortunate than you but chose not to.

And I’m pretty sure she’d prefer not to have to be in that position.

Where do you draw the line who is worthy of helping? Your family? Your neighbors? Your city?…

Or is it solely because she’s a woman and expected to take care of the children? Would it be different if her husband was in the army and was sent to help?

What about doctors who help in foreign countries under heightened risk? What about firefighters helping everywhere they can?