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How many Animals are killed for food every day?


I did not know. I have read about different statistics and have never been exactly clear about the numbers.


This article provides us the clearest picture of torture, slaughter and killing of animals on an annual basis for food on a global basis.


To be certain, humans kill an incomprehensible number of animals on a daily basis.



The number of animals farmed and killed for food around the world every day is vast. Industrialized farming, a growing human population, and increasing demand for animal products has pushed the number to keep rising.


The total number of land animals killed for food in a year around the world exceeds 78 billion! The number of fishes killed is uncertain, but enormous.


The vast majority of land animals – and virtually all farmed fishes – spend their short lives in factory farm conditions. Chickens and pigs tend to be kept in overcrowded barns. In many countries, breeding sows (female pigs) and layer hens are confined to tiny cages for much of their lives, until they are deemed no longer productive and sent to slaughter.


Please check out the animal statistics in this article, divided into species, most countries in which animals are killed, per capita slaughter and slaughter trends. It is very interesting, yet grim and heartbreaking.


It is very easy to just give up, because of the overwhelming nature of the task we face. However, we must understand the nature of compassion and empathy for animals that we have all signed onto, and we must persevere. I actually believe (and hope) that organizations like the Compassion Consortium, and others, are slowly and deliberately having an impact.

 
 
 

(HOPEFULLY) GOOD NEWS FOR ANIMALS IN SOUTH KOREA

Animals could soon be “living creatures” under the law in South Korea.



South Korea’s main opposition party will revise the civil law to define animals as “living creatures” if it wins the country’s legislative elections in April, according to The Korea Times.


The Democratic Party of Korea has pledged to change the legal definition of animals from “property” to “living creatures.” In most legal systems around the world, animals are still seen as “things.”


The party has vowed a ban on operating a “factory-like” breeding facility in the country. It has also pledged to expand research into alternatives to animal testing.


Hong Ihk-pyo, the Democratic Party’s floor leader, reportedly set out his party’s position at a recent media conference:


He said his party “believes a society where animal rights are protected well is also good for human rights.”


Currently, animals are legally “property” under the law in most countries. This means that they have no rights of their own. Some limited “protections” do exist in some countries, but these fall far short of full rights.



 
 
 

FOXES AND SNARES: There is No End to the Cruelty of the Elite

Sharing with you:


What are snares? The Wild Animals being Killed by the Elite


Snares are found in private estates across the UK, but what are they? And are they really legal?


 

And then this:


The UK Labour Party Plans a Full Ban on Fox Hunting


Fox hunting loopholes to be closed the Labour government.



I lived in the UK for 6 years. I love the Brits. In my view the Brits are way ahead of their level of compassion for other living beings, for example the U.S.


However, there is a particular segment of English elite society (I refer to them as the “Downtown Abbey” crowd), who have no regard to the cruelty and lack of compassion for the non-humans they torture, maim, and kill … purely for fun.


I would just ask that when you dress up in your silly outfits and sic a pack of dogs on an innocent animal … please don’t. Just think about what you are doing.


Rev. WIlliam

 
 
 
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