Faunalytics Index – May 2023

Author: Faunalytics | Published: May 3, 2023

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This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts and stats about vets and the internet, large carnivore distribution, plant-based milk's effect on dairy milk sales, and more.

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.

82%

The percentage of the geographic distribution of large carnivores which is outside of environmentally protected areas.

8-16%

The percentage of U.S. residents in a recent set of studies who said they would support a ban on slaughterhouses.

70-78%

The percentage of veterinarians, regardless of country, who said their clients sometimes question their advice based on something they read on the internet.

~20%

The approximate percentage of the decline in dairy milk sales that might be attributable to higher plant-based milk sales.

51%

The percentage of people from a survey in India who showed the strongest agreement that eating meat leads directly to animal suffering. Those from the U.S. and China (31% and 30%) showed the weakest agreement.

84%

The percentage of Democrats who would vote for a ballot measure aimed at improving conditions for farmed animals, compared to only 56% of Republicans.

$7.4 billion

The dollar value of plant-based food sales in the U.S. in 2021, up from $4.8 billion in 2018.

$200 million

The U.S. farmed animal advocacy movement’s budget in USD in 2020.

42.78

The number of animal lives that go into one pound of shrimp.

33

The number of counties in California that already had anti-puppy mill ordinances when the statewide ban was passed in 2017.

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