Sad But True Statistics
| In 1998 43.2 billion animals were slaughtered for consumption Worldwide, they included; | ||
| Buffalo, Cattle and Calves | 290 Million | |
| Pigs | 1.1 Billion | |
| Sheep and Goats | 802 Million | |
| Geese, Chickens, Ducks and Turkeys | 41.1 Billion |
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883.319 Million were slaughtered in the UK alone, they included; |
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Cattle |
2.3 Million | |
| Sheep | 18.7 Million | |
| Pigs | 16.3 Million | |
| Broiler Chickens | 792 Million | |
| Turkeys | 35 Million | |
| Geese | 1 Million | |
| Ducks | 18 Million | |
| Deer | 10,000 | |
| Goats | 9,000 |
Number of animals slaughtered every second in the UK alone - 28
Number of animals slaughtered every minute in the UK alone - 1,700
Number of animals slaughtered every hour in the UK alone - 100,000
Number of animals slaughtered every day in the UK alone - 2.4 Million
Number of animals slaughtered every week in the UK alone - 17 Million
There must be an awful lot of slaughter houses on the go to keep up with all that, well there's not, there's not even half enough which is why hundreds of thousands of the animlas die every week, not stunned, or a quick slice to throat, they die slowly and painfully due to negligence in the understaffed slaughter houses.
In March 2000 a total of 582 licensed slaughter houses were operating in the UK.