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Faunalytics Index – April 2019

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts about the evolution of chickens, eating insects, companion animal issues, and much more.
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Each month, our Faunalytics Index provides a round-up of data, statistics, and facts gleaned from the most recent research we’ve covered in our library. Our aim is to give you a quick overview of some of the most eye-catching and informative bits of data that could help you be more effective for animals in your advocacy.

If you want to know more about any given statistic, follow the links below, read the source articles, and dive deeper into the issues.

5 Hours

The average amount of time it takes for bumblebees to successfully learn to pull a string to get a food reward.
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63%

The percentage of Canadian vegans who are under the age of 38
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2000

The approximate number of crickets required to make a 62-gram serving of cricket flour.
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14

The number of pieces of ingested plastic that correspond to a 50% probability of mortality.
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Nearly 100%

The percentage of licensed dogs in Los Angeles that are sterilized.
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12 hours

The amount of time within which the vast majority of calves are taken from their mothers on dairy farms.
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8000

The approximate number of years ago that jungle fowl were domesticated and, over time, "turned into" the chickens that we consume today.
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32,331 lbs

The average yield of vegetable food products per acre on a vegan organic farm.
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70%

The percentage by which the demand for meat products is projected to increase by 2050, largely due to population and income growth, especially in developing countries.
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10

The number of full infographics contained in our Companion Animal Fundamentals.
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Faunalytics' Content Director Karol Orzechowski is an animal advocate with a passion for blending activism and art. In addition to producing numerous investigative short films on animal issues, and co-producing the Animal Voices radio show for a number of years, Karol is the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a full-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans.
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