Faunalytics Index - March 2017

Faunalytics Index – March 2017

Author: karol orzechowski | Published: March 8, 2017

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This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts about wildlife conservation and trafficking, vegan diets and the perception of vegans, organic farming, and more.

This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts about wildlife conservation and trafficking, vegan diets and the perception of vegans, organic farming, 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.

50%	Approximate percentage of the estimated 3,200-4,000 wild tigers in the world that live in India
2x	Factor by which ivory trafficking has increased worldwide since 2007
78%	Percentage of people who get their companion dogs from somewhere other than a shelter
5-8 million	Number of potential lives that could be saved by 2050 through a shift to plant-based diets
3%, 6%	Respective percentages of U.S. adults from a recent survey who identify as strict vegans, or as “mostly vegetarian or vegan”
100%	Percentage of non-vegans from a recent survey who reported having conflict with vegans, even if their overall interactions with them were positive
14	Number of circumpolar protected Large Marine Ecosystems that contain polar bear populations, and could make valuable contributions to conservation
2.1 million	The approximate number of organic egg-laying hens in the Netherlands in 2011, up sharly from 150,000 in 2001
6-8^oC	Number of degrees that the brain temperature of cows needs to be raised to “induce insensibility” for reversible microwave stunning

Meet the Author: karol orzechowski

karol orzechowski is a longtime animal advocate with a passion for advocacy, art, statistics, and tech. In addition to producing numerous short films on various animal issues, karol is the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a feature-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans. He completed a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and an MA in Communications and Culture at York University, writing theses on nationalism and the Atlantic seal hunt, and Canadian rodeo culture, respectively. When he's not working for Faunalytics, karol is the Board Chair of a non-profit independent news publication in his hometown. Outside of work, karol is often reading about computer hacking and infosec, organizing and performing at events in his local arts scene, or walking with Raoul the rescue dog.

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