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660 gallons

Number of gallons of water needed to make ONE hamburger (equivalent to 2 months’ worth of showers).

99%

Percentage of farmed animals in the U.S. raised on factory farms.

19,011

Number of animals slaughtered PER MINUTE by U.S. agribusinesses.

50%

Percentage of newborn chicks killed – simply because they’re useless to the egg industry.

1,000,000

Number of chickens slaughtered every hour in the U.S. for human consumption.

13,000

Number of pigs slaughtered every hour in the U.S. for human consumption.

4,000

Number of cows slaughtered every hour in the U.S. for human consumption.

97%

Percentage of newborn dairy cows permanently taken away from their mothers within 12 hours of birth.

20 years

Natural lifespan of cows.

18 months

Average age cows in the beef industry are sent to slaughter.

4 years

Average age dairy cows are sent to slaughter.

5 days

Amount of time it would take to cover the continental U.S. in manure based on the farming industry’s manure production.

12 years

Natural lifespan of pigs.

6 months

Average age pigs raised for meat are killed.

59

Number of packages of ground turkey you’d need to buy in order to get one without antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

8–15 years

Natural lifespan of chickens.

6 weeks

Average age chickens used for meat are killed.

1–2 years

Average age chickens used for eggs are killed.

51%

Percentage of annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions created by livestock and their byproducts.

10–15

Number of eggs laid per year by wild hens in nature.

250–300

Number of eggs laid per year by modern hens due to intensive breeding.

74,000,000,000

Number of animals slaughtered for food each year.

100

Number of animals saved per year by adopting a vegan diet.