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Nearly Eight Billion Per Year And Counting: Global Chick Culling, 2019–2024

Aug 12 2026 karol orzechowski

Within hours of hatching, roughly half the chicks born into the global egg industry are killed. This Faunalytics report examines the scope of the problem — and the technological solutions within our reach. READ MORE

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Nearly Eight Billion Per Year And Counting: Global Chick Culling, 2019–2024

Within hours of hatching, roughly half the chicks born into the global egg industry are killed. This Faunalytics report examines the scope of the problem — and the technological solutions within our reach. READ MORE

Aug 12 2026 karol orzechowski

In the Spotlight

Oct 14 2020 | Tom Beggs

A Farm Sanctuary Tour’s Effects On Intentions And Diet Change

Do sanctuary tours help influence people to go veg and stay veg? Our study and analysis, published jointly with Farm Sanctuary, finds encouraging results. READ MORE

Oct 7 2020 | Faunalytics

Faunalytics Index – October 2020

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts and figures about corporate animal welfare standards, companion dogs and childhood development, cultured meat acceptance, and more. READ MORE

Sep 30 2020 | karol orzechowski

Feral Cats And What We Do About Them

Our latest blog summarizes the complexities of the debate about feral cats and how we mitigate their impact, paying special attention to the data on Trap-Neuter-Return programs. READ MORE

Sep 23 2020 | karol orzechowski

Leveraging Social Norms For Animal Advocacy

Our new factsheet on social norms messaging looks at why and how small nudges and tweaks in language and positioning can add up to a big difference for animals. READ MORE

Sep 9 2020 | Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Staying Joyfully Vegan In A Nonvegan World

This guest blog from Colleen Patrick-Goudreau looks at the kinds of challenges — and joys — you can expect as you continue along your vegan journey and find ways of making it sustainable. READ MORE

Sep 2 2020 | Faunalytics

Faunalytics Index – September 2020

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts and figures about flat-faced dogs, Atlantic salmon, slaughterhouse workers, milk consumption in Italy, and much more. READ MORE

Aug 26 2020 | Wilton Mui

Farmed Atlantic Salmon: A Life Not Worth Living?

Salmon are the most farmed fish in Europe. This blog dives deep into a report on salmon farming welfare, and whether the industry has any chance of meeting welfare criteria. READ MORE

Aug 19 2020 | Joy McLeod

Animal Advocacy In The U.S. & Canada: Advocate Origins

Faunalytics’ study of animal advocacy in the U.S. and Canada included questions about how advocates got their start in the movement. This analysis provides more detail about those questions. READ MORE

Aug 12 2020 | Lukas Jasiunas

Veganism, Stigma, And You

Going vegan carries social stigma that can make it an uncomfortable process. In this blog, we explore social pressures related to being vegan, and how they overlap with other forms of stigmatization. READ MORE