Statistics
Animal Cruelty
Environmental and Economic Impact
Political and Commercial Issues
Health Issues
100
2/3 of animals globally
What is the fraction of animals produced on factory farms?
100
A process in which chickens and other birds have their beaks removed to prevent aggression.
What is debeaking?
100
The percentage of methane produced by factory farms
What is 37%?
100
Large companies such as Wal-Mart
Who came out defending the treatment of the animals?
100
Respiratory problems, skin infections, depression and nausea
What are the symptoms experienced by people who work in these farms?
200
35,000 rivers in the U.S.A
How many rivers have been polluted by factory farming?
200
The manner in which many animals are stored in these farms
What is in cages and small pens?
200
The people hardest hit by such large-scale operations
Who are small-scale farmers?
200
Zero
How many laws do most countries have to prevent unethical and inhumane treatment to animals in these farms?
200
These chemcals can stay on the animals and lead to helath problems in humans
What are pesticides?
300
70 billion animals per year
What is the number of animals produced by factory farms?
300
A medical treatment that is not used during debeaking and toe removal
What is anesteshia?
300
Large amounts of these chemicals are sprayed in and around these farms
What are pesticides?
300
70% of the grain produced in Canada
What is the percentage of grain produced in Canada that goes to factory farms?
300
This can lead to many physiological problems in the livestock
What are small living spaces?
400
42 days
What is the average lifespan of a chicken in a factory farm?
400
A process to prevent acts of agression in poultry
What is toe and claw removal?
400
The main pollutant of surrounding lakes and rivers from these farms
What is animal refuse and waste?
400
95% of the animals produced in Canada
What is the percentage of animals produced annually in Canadian factory farms?
400
These chemicals can increase growth rate in livestock and lead to bone problems
What are hormones?
500
90 tonnes of carbon dioxide
How much carbon dioxide does factory farming release into the atmosphere annually?
500
The amount of space that a chicken has to live in
What is 0.5 square feet?
500
Carbon monoxide,nitrogen and carbon dioxide
What are three gases produced by these operations?
500
This organization is leading an effort to try to increase ethical treatment of animals
What is PETA?
500
Medicine given to livestock in large quantites to prevent disease and illness
What are antibiotics?
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