Interesting Facts
Cruelty to Animals
Environmental Damage
Impact on Humans
Business Benefits
100
What percent of the 665 million animals that are raised for food are mass produced on a factory farm?
95%
100
How many chickens die every year?
Over 600 million.
100
What type of bodies of water are affected by factory farming?
Lakes, rivers and ground water.
100
Name one of the 3 things that can happen to a pregnant woman due to factory farming.
Miscarriage, birth defects and brain damage.
100
What is one benefit of factory farming?
There are more job opportunities, it is cheaper.
200
The natural lifespan of a chicken is 15 to 20 years. What is the average lifespan of a chicken on a factory farm?
42 days
200
What part of the chicken is cut off first?
The sensitive part of the beak.
200
What is groundwater used for in factory farms?
Cleaning, cooling and drinking.
200
What is the illness that factory farmers can be affected by?
Bronchitis.
200
Why is it a benefit for farmers?
It is cheaper and more efficient.
300
Name one of the two ways that male chicks are disposed of on factory farms.
They are ground up alive. They are put in a bag to suffocate and die.
300
What happens to cows in the slaughterhouse?
They are skinned gutted and shot.
300
How many tons of CO2 is released from factory farms every year?
90 million tons.
300
What are the types of cancers caused by factory farming?
Leukemia and stomach cancer.
300
What would happen if we switched to cage less farming?
Meat would be more expensive and there would be no fast food restaurants.
400
What happens to animals when they are confined in small spaces?
They become aggressive.
400
What happens to chickens in the slaughterhouse?
They have their throats slit and they are dunked in boiling water.
400
Factory farming accounts for what percentage of methane emissions?
37%
400
What type of bacteria causes fatal diarrhea and abdominal pain?
Campylobacter.
400
What are the laws for factory farming?
There are none.
500
Why are concrete and slatted wood floors a benefit to factory farms, but hurtful to animals?
Benefit to farms: Easy for manure removal. Hurtful to animals: Causes skeletal deformities in animals' feet.
500
What are the laws protecting factory farmed birds?
There are none.
500
What type of pollutants are released from factory farms?
Hydrogen, sulfide, ammonia and methane
500
What is the percentage of processing plant workers that are infected by Campylobacter?
50%
500
Why do humans need meat?
Needs protein, important for cells in your body, repairs tissue, makes enzymes, hormones, and body chemicals, builds muscles and bones.
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