In Reply to: commercial slaughter in the USA posted by Ben Leamy on January 11, 1997 at 22:32:25:
> You might be interested to learn that in 1996 there were
> over 8 billion animals killed in commercial slaughter
> in the USA.>
> Figures given in Thousands of head:
> 1995 1996
> Cattle 35,639 36,643
> Steers 18,274 17,901
> Heifers 10,399 10,726
> Beef Cows 3,355 4,482
> Dairy Cows 2,926 3,100
> Bulls and stags 686 734
> Calves 1,430 1,750
> Sheep 4,560 4,179
> Hogs 96,326 92,376
> Barrows & gilts 91,683 88,173
> Sows 3,760 3,526
> Broilers 7,371,429 7,566,030
> Turkeys 281,032 294,029
> 7,923,494 8,125,645
>
> For statistics & information contact
> Agricultural Statistics Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or
> E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV.> Chickens constitute over 93% of all animals killed in
> commercial slaughter.> Note: McDonald's was at one time second only to KFC in terms of
> number of chickens killed for a single company. McDonald's is
> now believed to be the number one killer of chickens - having
> doubled the number of stores since that time)
Just curious - anyone know how many humans are
slaughtered (guns, cars drugs etc.) each year?
Then how many die of coronary heart disease (which
McDonalds do their bit for)?Just for some perspective, that's all.
None.