How many billions of poultry will be slaughtered worldwide, in the calendar year 2030, according to FAO estimates? 102 How many billions of broiler-type chicks will hatch in the U.S., on average per year, over the 2022-2024 period?
After two years of caring for meat chickens and falling in love with the birds only for them to be slaughtered, I decided to buy my own chickens. At 11 years old, I started my first of many entrepreneurial ventures to save money for my own flock of layer breeds. Pretty soon, I proudl...
Halal slaughtering has caused controversy outside of Islamic communities because of perceived animal cruelty. This is because the animal is often conscious when slaughtered and the process itself takes longer and causes more pain for the animal than other methods. While many Muslims believe stunning ...
Depending on what the family can afford, a goat, sheep or chickens are slaughtered in honour of the baby and the women prepare a meal for the guests. The baby feeds on breastmilk on this day as on any other; it is not traditionally given anything else to ingest on the day of the na...
For extensive husbandry, chickens are slaughtered after 81 days (slaughter quota: 4.5). Other poultry: Geese, turkeys and ducks account for a 12% consumption share in the region. The slaughter quota of geese is estimated to be 6.1 (slaughtered after 90 days), with a slaughter weight of 5.2...
Just to give you an idea, these are the USDA statistics of slaughtered animals for the year 2008, obviously limited to the USA only: Cattle: 35,507,500 Pigs: 116,558,900 Chickens: 9,075,261,000 Layer hens: 69,683,000 Turkeys: 271,245,000 I strongly suggest these numbers ought to ...
So far this year, there have been cases in 24 states, with Iowa the hardest hit with about 13 million chickens and turkeys killed. Other states with sizable outbreaks include Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Indiana. Farms faced with the need to kill so many birds turn to ...
200 years ago pigs weren’t getting fed the diets they now get. They were low-input animals, just like chickens, where they were getting fed scraps from the kitchen or garden, free-ranging and ruminating, etc. For many years, pigs were the “fail-safe”. If a crop had a bad harves...
Many of the attractions in Hiroshima are located close to the Peace Memorial Park Hiroshima’s train station is located roughly three km, or two miles, from the city’s main landmarks, so I don’t recommend leaving your luggage in the station while you explore. Instead, do as I did and...
enough to help alleviate the suffering they’re actively supporting. Sometimes these feelings aren’t triggered by any specific events or circumstances. Just the awareness that so many animals are being slaughtered each day and sold for their bodies can bring me down when I put my attention on ...