Faunalytics Index - February 2018

Faunalytics Index – February 2018

Author: karol orzechowski | Published: February 6, 2018

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Useful and interesting data points from the Faunalytics library in the past month, featuring research about zoo animal welfare, companion animals in disasters, clean meat, and 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 for animals in your advocacy.

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

	14 The number of assessment criteria used to measure captive zoo animal welfare, as recommended in a recent review.
	34% The percentage of respondents from the E.U. who reported that animal welfare is their highest priority when buying animal products.
	1,100 The number of participants in a randomized controlled trial currently being conducted by Faunalytics about the naturalness of “clean meat” products.
	80-85% An upper estimate for the percentage of companion animals rescued from natural disasters who are never reunited with their human companions.
	0.17-77 The range of size, in acres, of domestic cats’ outdoor “home range,” as revealed in a recent citizen science project in Australia.
	6 The number of questions in a new, validated scale of speciesism that highlights the different levels of depth and impact discrimination toward animals can have.
	6 The youngest age at which researchers found that children (and their parents) could perceive humans as being different from and superior to animals, which related to the more they dehumanized people of a different race.
	10-1,000 Hz The range of “hearing” for oysters, based on a calculated response curve in a study on the effect of noise on their welfare.
	62% The proportion of action requests in emails from large animal protection groups that encouraged recipients to make donations and/or sign petitions.

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

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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