Faunalytics Index – January 2016
This month's Faunalytics Index brings you facts and figures about international meat eating habits, endangered species, and the links between companion animals and personality.
This month’s Faunalytics Index takes us around the world with facts and figures about international meat eating habits, endangered species, exotic meat, and the link between companion animal preference and personality.
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.
15-37% |
Percentage of species that some estimate will be “committed to extinction” by 2050 |
30% |
Percentage of the Chinese diet that will come from animal products in the coming years, up from just 5% in 1960 |
$10,000-$30,000 |
Estimated value of one polar bear sport hunt for the local Inuit community (in Canadian dollars) |
10% |
Percentage of game meat sold in the U.S. that comes from “legally supplied” endangered species |
1/3 |
Proportion of people in the U.S. who support gestation stalls, until they are exposed to alternative information |
9 |
Out of ten, the number of people in top “dog-owning” states that voted Republican in 2012 (9/10 of the bottom dog-owning states voted Democrat) |
49kg |
Amount of meat consumed by the average Swedish adult per year, in addition to 23kg of charcuterie (cold cooked meats) and 11kg of frozen products that contain meat |
3% |
Percentage of people who said that getting a pet as a gift would decrease their level of attachment to their companion |
1,039,500 |
Number of animals saved by Faunalytics’ work in 2015, based on an alternative estimate of cost-effectiveness from the ACE review |
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