Faunalytics Index – October 2016
This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts and figures about the antibody testing industry, ethical labelling, global animal welfare guidelines, public opinion on animal protection, 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.
81%
Percentage of U.S. adults who support the animal protection movement’s goal to “minimize and eventually eliminate all forms of animal cruelty and suffering”
60% |
Percentage of fishes caught in the Amazon that are killed by small scale fisheries |
65% |
Percentage of people living with dogs who consider them to have “undesirable” but not “problematic” behavior |
$80 billion |
Annual sales of the antibody testing industry, which uses animals as hosts |
8-10 minutes |
Time it takes salmon to show “aversive behavior” to CO2 exposure, a possible stunning method |
24% |
Proportion of consumers who would buy a “conventional” product under a five-tiered “ethical” labelling system, versus 70% under a binary system |
7 of 19 |
Number of global and regional agencies that have plans in place to deal with abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear |
21% |
Percentage of cows in Switzerland shown to have subclinical mastitis, a sign of poor welfare |
178 |
Number of countries that make up the World Organization for Animal Health, which has a 10-point list of guidelines for farmed animal welfare |