- 1.15 billion animals are killed for meat every week1
- Every 2 days 308 million animals, the population of the US2, are slaughtered for meat
- By 2050 an estimated 2.3 billion animals will be slaughtered for meat every week3
(1) http://www.ciwf.org.uk/your_food/default.aspx
(2) http://www.census.gov/
(3) http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.HTM