Faunalytics Index – February 2016
This month’s Faunalytics Index takes us around the world with facts and figures about international meat eating habits, companion animal attitudes species, turtle populations, and fur farming.
All of these 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.
80-90% |
Amount of protein intake consisting of bushmeat in some parts of West and Central Africa |
35% |
Proportion of people living with companion animals that have included them in a family portrait |
37,000,000 |
Estimated number of turkeys slaughtered for US Thanksgiving each year |
42.2kg |
Current worldwide average meat consumption per person per year, up from 23.1kg in 1961 |
466 |
Current number of leatherback turtles living in Juno Beach in Florida, which is “far greater than previous estimates” |
95,000,000 |
Estimated number of foxes and mink killed for fur worldwide in 2014 |
$5.17 billion |
Amount of revenue expected to be generated by the “faux meat” market in 2020 |
28-75 |
Number of derelict fishing traps per square km in some areas of the United States |
2,000 |
Number of different species of insects consumed by humans around the world |