Faunalytics Index – February 2023

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.

Author: karol orzechowski | Published: February 1, 2023

Photo by Kari Shea on Unsplash

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.

5-7

The number of days that a typical rodenticide can take to slowly kill a rat. This suffering can be spared by switching to the use of rodent birth control.

90%

The percentage of respondents in a recent U.K. survey who had neither a positive nor negative impression of cultured meat.

$110 billion

The amount spent in 2020 by U.S. animal guardians on their companion animals.

8

The number of key problems with the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC), the group in charge of overseeing animal research in Canada.

6%

The approximate percentage of the world’s population comprised of Indigenous peoples — who are believed to be effectively managing about 20-25% of the world’s lands and protecting about 80% of the world’s biodiversity

$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).

60%

The percentage increase of plant-based food products during Veganuary, based on 20 weeks of sales data from 170 grocery stores in the U.K.

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.

55%

The percentage of respondents in a survey from the U.K. who were opposed to a meat tax.

5,000+

The number of entries in the Faunalytics Research Library as of January 2023... and it's growing daily!

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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.