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Faunalytics Index – March 2019

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts about microplastics, the ivory trade, companion animal issues, and much more.
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Author: | Published: March 6, 2019
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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 for animals in your advocacy.

If you want to know more about any given statistic, follow the links below, read the source articles, and dive deeper into the issues.

82%

The percentage of U.S. adults who have given money to companion animal charities. Two thirds of these donors have not given money to any other type of animal charity.
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72%

The percentage of people who prefer TNR as a method for community cat control.
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16.5%

The percentage of global GHG emissions coming from the production of meat, dairy, and eggs according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.
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$2637

The price of a black market ivory bangle, according to a recent review of the ivory trade in Vietnam.
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500

The number of times Foster Farms, a chicken farm company in the U.S., has been cited for not meeting food safety standards.
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80%

The percentage of tourists who did not express dissatisfaction at wildlife tourism attractions with strongly negative conservation and welfare effects.
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16%

The percentage by which exposure to low levels of PCBs lowered Orca population growth in a recent study.
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100%

The percentage of marine turtles, sampled from three ocean basins, who had ingested microplastics.
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8-10

The number of hens per cage allowed in Dutch chicken farms that are considered “higher welfare.”
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3.3x-4.8x

The factor by which sexually intact cats are more likely to be relinquished to shelters.
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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 is 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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