How Many Animals Are Killed for Food Every Day?

[Merlin]

How Many Animals Are Killed for Food Every Day?
By Grace Hussain August 31, 2022

Every second the counter ticks and several hundred more animals have lost their lives. The Animal Kill Clock serves as an eerie reminder of the lives and possibilities that are lost with every moment that passes. All around the world animals are dying in order to feed people. The numbers are staggering — with over 55 billion animals being killed every year in the United States alone, according to the clock.

How Many Animals Are Slaughtered in the U.S.?
In 2015, it was estimated that the average animal-eating U.S. citizen would consume 7,000 animals during their lifetime. This equated to 11 cows, 27 pigs, 2,400 chickens, 80 turkeys, 30 sheep and 4,500 fish. So far this year about 50 billion animals have been slaughtered according to the Animal Kill Clock in order to feed the human appetite for animal flesh in the United States. The kill clock uses data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and estimates that chickens account for over 8 billion of those deaths, turkeys 214 million, cattle 36 million, pigs 124 million, ducks 23 million, sheep 7 million, fish almost 4 billion and shellfish 43 billion.

How Many Animals Are Slaughtered Each Year?
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that in 2020, over 165 million land animals were slaughtered in the country, not counting chicken. The number of fish and shellfish killed to meet U.S. demand is unknown as their lives are measured only in weight. However, by including the best estimates of the number of sea animals that are killed as part of the U.S. food supply chain, the number of total killed annually jumps to 55 billion.

https://sentientmedia.org/how-many-animals-are-killed-for-food-every-day/

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I will spare you the images in this article even though the animals are spared no inhumanity or indignity. Suffice it to we cannot imagine the terror or pain animals endure for our glutony. 8 billion human mouths gnawing away at you everday. Nightmares can't come close to reality.

I watched something years ago where a Rabi and an Imam were interviewed. Kosher and Halal law requires humane treatment but what these religious men both said was the meat from a terrified animal tastes better so they want them to be terrified and to know what is about to happen to them. So these religions preach humane treatment but the truth is far less compassionate.

We've all heard of the horrors of industrial slaughter but our govenments try to keep it a secret. Why? Why do we continue to be so inhumane and evil? I don't mean to preach but every person who eats flesh should have to kill for it. They should be forced to do it or witness the industrial slaughter themselves. More people than you might think would enjoy watching it because humans are inheritantly vicious. All predators are. That's why we have laws that punish vicisousness. But it is allowed against animals.

I would vote for anyone who could reign in the industrial slaughter business. Animals should enjoy life before being eaten. Don't get me started on where milk comes from or what happens to the baby calves, lambs and kids who should get the milk instead of us. It's a nightmare you can't undream once you've seen it.

 

[Kath]

I know about this and it's just scare tactics..

If I had to kill an animal to eat I could, I would prepare it as best I could. I've done it with fish many times. Mammals, not yet, but I know I could.

But some animals kill others (prey) en masse with not even needing to eat them all. That concerns me more than anything else.

I'm an omnivore and always will be.

 

[Merlin]

We are carnivores and killing is our nature. Killing should never be impersonal and hidden from those eating flesh. My father taught us how to take the lives of animals humanely. He taught how to field dress and later process them for preserving. Smoked meat is delicious. But he also taught us to thank the creatures we take for food and never forget those who’ve given sustenance. I feel very connected to animals. I know what it takes for me to live. I worked on a dairy farm through high school. I know the price cows pay for us to have their milk. Cows grieve for their babies. Cows are renowned for their maternal instinct. Like humans, a mother cow bonds quickly with her calf. So, when he is taken away from her, both mother and calf can often be heard calling out for each other for hours. It’s the saddest song you’ll ever hear. Calves screaming for their mother. Mother cows with broken hearts. It’s too emotional so I gotta stop remembering.

Very few in the age of supermarkets have any idea where meat or milk comes from and if you try to explain it they just tune you out. That s the evil and viciousness I was talking about.