2008 US Animals Killed 4 Food
United Poultry Concerns
22 October 2009
Average and Total Numbers
of Animals
Who Died to Feed Americans in 2008
http://www.upc- online.org/ slaughter/ 2008americans. html
Chickens
Total number died for food: 8.13 billion
(7.67 billion for meat, 458 million
for eggs)
Average number killed per American meat-eater: 27.5
(26 for
meat, 1.5 for eggs)
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 2,147
(2,028 for meat, 120 for eggs)
Turkeys
Total number died for food: 269
million
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 0.91
Average
number consumed per American lifetime: 71
Pigs
Total number died for
food: 117.6 million
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 0.40
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 31
Steers and Calves
Total number died for food: 40.8 million
Average number consumed per American
meat-eater: 0.14
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 10.8
Rabbits
Total number died for food: 2.4 million
Average number consumed
per American meat-eater: 0.009
Average number consumed per American lifetime:
0.69
Fish
Total number died for food: 6.5 billion
Average number
consumed per American meat-eater: 22
Average number consumed per American
lifetime: 1,700
Shellfish
Total number died for food: 64 billion
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 218
Average number consumed
per American lifetime: 17,000
ALL LAND ANIMALS
Total number died for
food: 8.56 billion
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 29
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 2,261
ALL SEA ANIMALS
Total number died for food: 71 billion
Average number consumed per American
meat-eater: 240
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 19,000
ALL ANIMALS
Total number died for food: 80 billion
Average number consumed
per American meat-eater: 270
Average number consumed per American lifetime:
21,000
* Note: Totals may not add up because of independent rounding.
Comparisons by Year
The average meat-eater in 2008 ate 12 fewer
animals than in 2007
(including 1.4 fewer land animals and 0.7 fewer fish),
and 36 fewer than in
2006 (including 1.7 fewer land animals and 2.4 fewer
fish). That's 3
billion fewer animals killed to feed Americans in 2008 than
in 2007, and
about 9 billion fewer than in 2006, a three percent and ten
percent
decrease respectively. That includes more than 300 million fewer land
animals in 2008 than in 2007 or 2006, a four percent decrease. This
decrease
was consistent across categories, though greatest for cattle and
for chickens
raised for meat; only egg-laying hens saw an increase in
deaths.
Total
Number Died to Feed Americans (millions of animals)
Chickens Chickens
Steers All Land All Sea All
for Meat for Eggs Turkeys Pigs &Calves Animals
Fish Shellfish Animals Animals
2008 7,673 458.0 269.2 117.6 40.8 8,561
6,500 64,000 71,000 80,000
2007 8,024 435.4 274.2 118.4 43.5 8,898 6,700
67,000 73,000 82,000
2006 8,031 415.0 273.0 114.9 42.4 8,879 7,100 73,000
80,000 89,000
Average Number of Animals Consumed Per American Meat Eater
Chickens Chickens Steers All Land All Sea All
for Meat for Eggs Turkeys
Pigs &Calves Animals Fish Shellfish Animals Animals
2008 26 1.53 0.91 0.40
0.14 28.95 22 218 240 269
2007 27 1.47 0.94 0.40 0.15 30.37 23 228 251 281
2006 28 1.42 0.94 0.40 0.15 30.60 24 251 275 306
Calculated by Noam
Mohr,[mailto:noammohr@gmail.
com], Aug 2009
References
- USDA National Agricultural
Statistics Service, "Livestock Slaughter
2008 Summary", Mt An 1-2 -1 (09),
Mar 2009,
[http://usda.
mannlib.cornell. edu/usda/ current/LiveSlau Su/LiveSlauSu- 03-06-2009. pdf],
p. 3.
- USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, "Production, Supply, and
Distribution Database", created 4/9/09,
[http://www.fas.
usda.gov/ psdonline/ psdhome.aspx] (under Reports). From
USDA-FAS attache
reports, official statistics, and results of office
research. 2008 data is
preliminary
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service,
[http://www.nass.
usda.gov/ QuickStats/ PullData_ US.jsp]
- U.S. Census Bureau, "Annual
Estimates of the Resident Population for
the United States, Regions, States,
and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to
July 1, 2008 (NST-EST2008- 01)",
[http://www.census.
gov/popest/ states/NST- ann-est.html].
- National Center for Health
Statistics, "Health, United States, 2008:
With Chartbook on Trends in the
Health of Americans," Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, DHHS Publication No. 2009-1232, Mar
2009,
[http://www.cdc.
gov/nchs/ data/hus/ hus08.pdf].
- VRG survey that 2.8%�3.1% of
Americans don't eat animals and
1.8%�3.1% are vegan. Source:
[http://www.vrg.
org/journal/ vj2003issue3/ vj2003issue3poll .htm]
- USDA NASS, "Meat
Animals Production, Disposition, and Income: 2008
Summary", Mt An 1-1 (09),
May 2009,
[http://usda.
mannlib.cornell. edu/usda/ current/MeatAnim Pr/MeatAnimPr- 05-29-2009. pdf]
(pigs: p.8-11)
- USDA APHIS Veterinary Service - National Animal Health
Monitoring
System, "Swine 2006 - Part I: Reference of Swine Health and
Management
Practices in the United States, 2006", Oct 2007,
[http://www.aphis.
usda.gov/ vs/ceah/ncahs/ nahms/swine/ swine2006/ Swine2006_ Pt1.pdf]
(Preweaning
deaths: of 10.5�.1 born alive per litter, 9.4�.1
(89.1%�.4%) survive to
weaning)
- USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service Agricultural
Statistics
Board, "Chicken and Eggs 2008 Summary", Pou 2-4(09), Feb 2009,
[http://usda.
mannlib.cornell. edu/usda/ nass/ChickEgg/ /2000s/2009/ ChickEgg- 02-26-2009. pdf],
p.4-5.
- USDA ERS, "Agricultural Outlook: Statistical Indicators", "Table
11--US Egg Supply and Use", data as of May 2009,
[http://www.ers.
usda.gov/ publications/ agoutlook/ aotables/]. Data
preliminary.
-
USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service, "Hatchery Production
2008
Summary", Agricultural Statistics Board, Pou 1-1-1 (09), May
2009,
[http://usda.
mannlib.cornell. edu/usda/ current/HatcProd Su/HatcProdSu- 05-15-2009. pdf],
p.6,36,39.
- Noam Mohr, "Sea Animal Mortality for US Consumption 2008",
2009,
email [mailto:noammohr@gmail.
com] for a copy.
13 USDA APHIA Veterinary Service, "U.S. Rabbit Industry
Profile", June
2002, pp.8,18,
[http://www.aphis.
usda.gov/ vs/ceah/cei/ bi/emergingmarke tcondition_ files/RabbitRepo rt1.pdf].
Middle of range of 1.9-2.3 million was used herein (2.1 million).
- USDA
National Agriculture Statistics Service Agricultural
Statistics Board,
"Poultry Slaughter 2008 Annual Summary", Pou
2-1(09), Feb 2009,
[http://usda.
mannlib.cornell. edu/usda/ nass/PoulSlauSu/ /2000s/2009/ PoulSlauSu- 02-25-2009.
pdf], p.2. (Egg-type are "mature light")
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