Faunalytics Index – July 2023

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts and stats about corporate commitments to chicken welfare, PTSD among animal care workers, mobile zoos, and more.

Author: karol orzechowski | Published: July 4, 2023

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.

116,000

The number of participants in the Nurses’ Health Study II, a large scale diet study which found significant positive correlations with a plant-based diet.

15%

The percentage of respondents in a recent study who stated they would be interested in participating in frontline advocacy. Meanwhile, 27% would participate in online advocacy.

68%

The percentage of women in the United States who support Meatless Mondays at school. For Republican women in the U.S., the number drops to 50%.

12

The number of pledging companies, out of 220 (5%), who publicly disclosed their progress on welfare goals in 2022, despite the Better Chicken Commitment requirement for annual public progress reporting.

85%

The percentage of Canadians believe that the humane treatment of animals involves both physical and mental/psychological treatment.

5x

The factor by which rates of PTSD among animal care workers in Australian were higher than the general Australian average (31% vs. 6%).

80%+

The percentage of species housed in mobile zoos in the United States who are categorized as “difficult” or “extreme” to care for.

40%

The percentage of participants in a recent study who had relinquished a companion animal who wouldn’t have done so if they’d had free or low-cost veterinary care.

537

The number of miles of driving that are the equivalent to one pound of beef in terms of climate impact.

97%

The percentage of respondents in our annual Community Survey who find Faunalytics' work to be "high quality."

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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.