True / False
Multiple Choice
Percents
100
The massive amounts of excrement produced by livestock farms emit toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia into the air.
True, Roughly 80% of ammonia emissions in the U.S. come from animal waste.
100
The average American eats over how many lbs. of meat a year?
A) 50
B) 100
C) 200
D) 300
Answer C: 200
100
In 2007 of 1,880 cases, how many animal cruelty cases involved dogs?
65%
200
Livestock farms are not regulated like factories.
False, the livestock industry is highly regulated by state and federal authorities.
200
Before 1986, How many states had felony animal cruelty laws.
A) 4
B) 10
C) 20
D) 7
Answer A: 4
200
According to pet-abuse.com, out of 17,098 total cases, what percent were shooting cases?
11%
300
State and feral regulations to protect farmed animals are nonexistent or unenforced.
True, many states have enacted legislation exempting factory farms from anti-cruelty statutes and others are ignored.
300
Each year approximately how many animals are slaughtered?
A. 10 billion
B. 20 billion
C. 40 billion
D. 50 billion
Answer D: 50 billion
300
In 2007 of 1,880 cases, how many animal cruelty cases involved animals other than cats and dogs?
25%
400
Animals are always properly sedated or stunned before being slaughtered, feeling no pain
False, Humane killing methods are often ignored to keep the production line running. If they aren't properly stunned or sedated before they are slaughtered, animal cruelty intensifies as they are dismembered often still conscious.
400
American animals raised for meat eat more than 30 million pounds of what a year.
A. Hormones
B. Antibiotics
C. Pesticides
Answer B: Antibiotics: this constant contact with drugs helps bacteria learn how to outsmart the meds, creating dangerous strains of hard-to-kill illnesses.
400
Of domestic violence victims, what percentage report that their abuser also targeted their animal?
71%
500
70% of pigs on factory farms have pneumonia by the time they are sent to the slaughterhouse.
True
500
The modern supermarket now has, on average, of how many products? The majority of which is being produced by only a handful of food companies.
A)40,000
B)45,000
C)47,000
D)50,000
Answer B: 45,000
500
In 2007 of 1,880 cases, how many animal cruelty cases involved cats?
18%
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