Faunalytics Index – October 2020

This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts and figures about corporate animal welfare standards, companion dogs and childhood development, cultured meat acceptance, and more.

Author: Karol Orzechowski | Published: October 7, 2020

Photo by Pauline Loroy on Unsplash

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.

1.5 - 9.9 billion

The estimated range of catla fishes farmed in 2018.

10/10

The rating of pain perception in mammals by veterinary students on a scale from 0 to 10. Fishes were given median scores of 7, and all other invertebrates were given median scores of 3-4.

82%

The percentage of companies assessed in a survey who reported willingness to pay as a barrier to adopting improved animal welfare standards.

89%

The percentage by which computer simulations classified various drugs correctly based on their potential risk to humans. By contrast, a study with a rabbit heart model correctly classified only 75% of the drugs.

36%

The percentage of respondents in a recent study who said they would buy cultured meat regularly.

2.9 million

The estimated number of lives we could save per day in the U.S. if everyone gave up breaded chicken strips / nuggets and did not replace them with other forms of meat.

5 acres

The amount of land needed to graze a cow in 1870. Just 10 years later, that land requirement rose to 50–90 acres due to overgrazing.

77%

The percentage of families who have companion dogs, where preschoolers play with the dog at least three times per week.

1/3

The proportion of total animal calories consumed in the U.S. per year that are found in companion animal foods.

You can explore an archive of our past Faunalytics Indexes here.

Author: Karol Orzechowski

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.