Faunalytics Index – June 2016
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This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts about fur trapping in the U.S., the growing "food gap," cat health and domestication, honey bees, and more.
This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts about fur trapping in the U.S., the growing “food gap,” cat health and domestication, honey bees, 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.
25-90% |
Estimated proportion of domestic cats with Feline Parvovirus (the wide range is because non-fatal cases are hard to estimate) |
60 mins |
Duration that animal assisted therapy sessions can last with no apparent added stress to the dogs |
15-38 |
Number of days that a typical honey bee lives |
20% |
Percentage rise in the number of fur trappers in the U.S. between 2004-2015 |
3% |
Percentage of scientific studies that used animals of both sexes, while 80% used only males |
40% |
Percentage of cats that did not see a veterinarian in 2011, when the survey was conducted |
78% |
Percentage of fur trappers in the U.S. who said that income from trapping was “not important at all” |
10,000 |
Estimated number of years ago that cats and humans began the process of domestication |
70% |
The estimated “global food gap” (difference between food needed and food produced) by 2050, if no change in diet is made |
