Faunalytics Index – February 2023
Author: karol orzechowski | Published: February 1, 2023
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes
This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts and stats about spending on companion animals in the U.S., animal agriculture subsidies, Veganuary sales boosts, 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 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.
$110 billion
The amount spent in 2020 by U.S. animal guardians on their companion animals.
$540 billion
The approximate amount of money (in USD) that governments worldwide provide in direct subsidies to agriculture, with most of these payments going to “Big Ag” (i.e., industrial animal agriculture controlled by a few large corporations).
6,000-8,500
The approximate number of captive lions living on South African breeding farms, with one common use being “cub petting,” where tourists pay for hands-on contact with lion cubs.
You can explore an archive of our past Faunalytics Indexes here.
Meet the Author: karol orzechowski
Faunalytics' Content Director karol orzechowski is an animal advocate with a passion for blending activism and art. In addition to producing numerous investigative short films on animal issues, and co-producing the Animal Voices radio show for a number of years, karol was the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a full-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans.
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