Faunalytics Index – August 2021
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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