Faunalytics Index – April 2023

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts and stats about student and faculty support for animal research, opinions on feeding cultivated meat to companion animals, the farming of insects, and more.

Author: karol orzechowski | Published: April 5, 2023

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 in your advocacy for animals.

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

43% / 61%

The percentage of students and faculty members, respectively, who agreed with the statement “I do not think that there is anything wrong with using animals in medical research” in a recent study.

69%

The percentage of vegans who feel their diet is a central part of their self-identity compared to 35% of vegetarians and 10% of omnivores.

47%

The percentage of respondents in a recent study who would feed cultivated meat to their companion animals (and 32.5% of respondents would eat it themselves).

15

The number of months that the New York Stock Exchange delayed Huntingdon Life Sciences' public listing, due to advocacy, activism, and controversy brought on by the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign.

77

The number of dehorned rhinos observed in a recent study of dehorning and population dynamics. The study found dehorning did not seem to have a negative effect on the rhinos as individuals or at the population level.

75%-89%

The percentage by which eagle fatalities reduced in a trial using AI and machine vision to adjust wind turbine turning based on bird flight trajectories, compared to a site without AI.

1 Trillion

The approximate number of insects per year who are already farmed, a number that may rise to 8 trillion by 2030.

97%

The percentage of chickens farmed in the U.K. who are sent to slaughterhouses with CCTV presence.

30%

The percentage of worldwide agricultural land that ends up going to food loss and waste each year.

10,441

The number of survey participants in our study on the level of public support or opposition to farmed animal welfare legislation in ten U.S. states.

You can explore an archive of our past Faunalytics Indexes here.

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Author: karol orzechowski

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 was the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a full-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans.