Our team at Our World in Data just launched a new page on animal welfare! There you can find a brand new Animal Welfare Data Explorer, 22 interactive charts, and 4 new articles:How many animals get slaughtered every day?How many animals are factory-farmed?Do better cages or cage-free environments really improve the lives of hens?Adopting slower-growing breeds of chicken would reduce animal suffering significantlyOn Our World in Data, we cover many topics related to reducing human suffering: alleviating poverty, reducing child and maternal mortality, curing diseases, and ending hunger.But if we aim to reduce total suffering, society's ability to reduce this in other animals – which feel pain, too – also matters.This is especially true when we look at the numbers: every year, humans slaughter more than 80 billion land-based animals for farming alone. Most of these animals are raised in factory farms, often in painful and inhumane conditions.Estimates for fish [...] ---
First published:
September 25th, 2023

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/pydpzj9sxcdSsAngr/new-page-on-animal-welfare-on-our-world-in-data

Linkpost URL:https://ourworldindata.org/animal-welfare
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