Faunalytics Index – August 2015
We’re starting a new series at Faunalytics called the “Faunalytics Index.” Each month, we’ll round up facts and figures from recent research about animals from around the world. All of these short statistics come from items that we’ve published on the site recently; follow the links to read the articles and dive deeper into the issues.
54% |
The (upper) amount that bird, reptile, and amphibian predation decreased when cats wore a BBS collar |
90% |
Proportion of U.S. voters who say they support the Endangered Species Act |
$4,000 |
Cost for a soldier to repatriate a stray dog they adopted in the field in Iraq or Afghanistan |
35 |
Number of marine reserves currently in New Zealand, with more on the way |
834,453 |
Number of animals used in research in the U.S. in 2014, not counting rats, mice, and invertebrates (down 6% vs. 2013) |
$20 billion |
The estimated yearly value of the illegal international trade in endangered species |
35% |
U.K. newspaper articles about bullfighting that published stories with a a pro-bullfighting stance |
3.4% |
Percent of budget that Australians spent on meat in 2011 (less than half of what it was 50 years earlier) |
2,700 |
The number of birds killed per hour by a single slaughterhouse worker, a rate the USDA deems acceptable |
30,000 |
The number of repetitive knife movements per shift for poultry slaughterhouse workers |
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