Faunalytics Index – July 2016
This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts about welfare conditions on chicken and cow farms, wild animal conservation, Veganuary, 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.
32% |
The percentage of amphibians threatened with extinction, according to the IUCN Declining Amphibians Task Force |
6,400-9,200 |
Estimated number of individual bowhead whales in the Bering Strait |
17 |
The number of extra species that could be aided by helping bumphead parrotfish, who are considered a “surrogate species” |
24,000 |
Estimated number of animals saved by the 2016 Veganuary campaign |
46% |
Percentage of 4-year-old children who were able to correctly interpret dog behaviour and cues |
97% |
Percentage of chicken farms in the Netherlands that use “conventional” production techniques, akin to factory farming |
$23 million |
The current amount of money generated by organic agriculture in Thailand, up 145% from $9.4 million in 2002 |
18% |
The proportion of all bird species in the world that live in the Tropical Andes |
3% |
The percentage of ‘beef’ farms in Germany, Austria, and Italy with “excellent” animal welfare, according to the Welfare Quality® assessment system |
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