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Faunalytics Index – January 2020

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts about outdoor cats, the wildlife trade, cell-based meat, meat consumption in the U.K., and much more.
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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.

10%

A decrease of this percentage of outdoor cats in North America would result in the deaths of 10 million fewer birds and 43 million fewer mammals.
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5,579

The number of the planet's 31,745 vertebrate species (18%) who are traded internationally for their parts, or as companions.
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42%

The percentage of people who donate to animal causes who support charities other than those focused on companion animals.
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68,000

The number of adults in the U.K. who participated in a study about dog guardianship and mental health. A conclusive link was not found.
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2025

The year that RethinkX predicts that cell-based beef will reach price-parity with traditional beef, leading to a total decline of 75% in the U.S. cow population by 2030.
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>25%

The percentage of animal research facilities using zebrafish which incorporate plants or substrate in their aquaria. Most say practicality (i.e. high economic and labor costs) is the reason for not doing so.
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60%

The percentage of readers of a major cow meat industry publication who did not agree that the industry should pursue "Ag-Gag" laws.
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21%

The percentage of "eating episodes" which included meat consumption, in a survey of over 4,000 U.K. adults over the course of six years.
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40%

The percentage of marine catches worldwide that are made up of bycatch, including many marine animals besides non-target fishes and crustaceans.
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261,970

The number of users that the Faunalytics website had over the course of 2019.
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You can explore an archive of our past Faunalytics Indexes here.

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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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