Faunalytics Index – January 2017
This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts about Halal slaughter, lions in the wild and in captivity, animal experimentation, GPS tracking, and more.
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.
85-90% |
Percentage of Islamic scholars who believe stunning animals before slaughter is unacceptable in animal slaughter (compared to 79% of Halal consumers) |
40.4% |
Proportion of skulls from deceased captive lions that indicate abnormalities, compared to only 4.2% of wild lions |
20 |
Number of minutes in a net-pen that it takes for stress levels in salmon to peak and level off |
27% |
Percentage of cats rescued from hoarding situations that had upper respiratory infections |
68% |
Proportion of people who agreed it is unacceptable to experiment on animals if a non-animal alternative is available |
50,000+ |
Estimated number of wild animals worldwide who are currently equipped with tracking devices to record their movements |
30-40,000 |
Number of individual lions living in Africa, with about 40% residing in Tanzania |
9 |
Number of years that Faunalytics has conducted the Animal Tracker, the only longitudinal survey dedicated to animals |
0-90% |
Percentage of stunned pigs that showed signs of recovery during slaughter in the European Union, an “unacceptably broad” range |
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January 3, 2017 - by Faunalytics
