Faunalytics Index – August 2021

Author: karol orzechowski | Published: August 4, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

This month's Faunalytics Index includes facts and figures about zoos, meat industry consolidation, greyhound racing, Norwegian fish farming, and much more.

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.

3

The number of companies who together control 63% of pig processing in the United States.

90-97%

The estimated percentage of all zoos in the world that can’t meet rigorous animal welfare standards.

1934

The year that commercial dog tracks were first legalized in the United States. Today, only 17 tracks remain across the country.

$1.11

The price that a plant-based meal would have to be less than a beef-based meal, for consumers to be for consumers to be indifferent between the two.

17x

The estimated factor by which the legal wildlife trade is worth more than the illegal wildlife trade.

80%

The percentage of households who buy plant-based milks that still purchase dairy milk.

$7.5 billion

The total export value of the Norwegian Atlantic salmon industry which includes more than one thousand fish farms along the long Norwegian coast.

3,000

The estimated number of animals that are killed in zoos across Europe each year. Reasons can vary and can include simply not get along with others in their enclosures, population management, the expense of ongoing medical care, or because their genes are not especially useful to the zoo’s breeding program.

44-52%

The percentage of U.S. adults who suport the Safe Line Speeds Act, which aims to slow the rate at which non-human animals are killed in slaughterhouses.

2.5-3.7 billion

The approximate number of hectares of land used globally for farmed meat — about 50-75% of land used globally for agriculture, yet farmed meat only provides 18% of global calories and 25% of global protein.

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Meet the Author: karol orzechowski

karol orzechowski is a longtime animal advocate with a passion for advocacy, art, statistics, and tech. In addition to producing numerous short films on various animal issues, karol is the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a feature-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans. He completed a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and an MA in Communications and Culture at York University, writing theses on nationalism and the Atlantic seal hunt, and Canadian rodeo culture, respectively. When he's not working for Faunalytics, karol is the Board Chair of a non-profit independent news publication in his hometown. Outside of work, karol is often reading about computer hacking and infosec, organizing and performing at events in his local arts scene, or walking with Raoul the rescue dog.

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