Some Vegan Facts

Facts about the meat, dairy industries & vegan life laid out in black and white. For sources, click/press on the image.

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Fact 163. Going vegan can cut your individual carbon footprint by 73%. If we ALL did it, we could reduce global farmland use by 75%.

Further reading // 

https://www.peta.org/.../animals-used-for.../global-warming/

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/.../what-would-world-look-if...

https://www.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics

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Fact 162. Vegan diets have the smallest carbon footprint, generating 41.7% less GHG emissions than diets that include meat.

Further Reading // 

https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/global-warming/

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-would-world-look-if-everyone-went-vegan

https://www.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics

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Fact 161. A Government funded study of elephants in UK zoos found that 75% were overweight and only 16% couldwalk normally.

Sources and further reading //

http://www.zoocheck.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2008-study-of-elephant-welfare-in-UK-zoos.pdf

https://www.freedomforanimals.org.uk/blog/10-facts-about-zoos

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Fact 160. 

With no legal protection from cruelty, fish are impaled, crushed, suffocated, or gutted, all while fully conscious. 

Sources & Further Reading //

https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/fish/

https://www.vegan.com/fish/

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Fact 159. Goats bred for their milk are typically zero grazed, and kept permanently confined their entire life.

Sources // 

https://www.animalaid.org.uk/the-issues/our-campaigns/animal-farming/suffering-farmed-goats/

https://www.animalaid.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goatreport.pdf

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Fact 158. Farmed frogs are crammed into pools with little room to move. It’s estimated that humans consume up to 3.2 billion for food every year.

Sources //

https://web.archive.org/web/20160807031347/http://www.savethefrogs.com/images/PDFs/Gratwicke-2009-Frog-Legs.pdf

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/frog-farming-intensity-problem-225290

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_legs

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Fact 157.

Young rabbits reared for meat are typically caged in groups. Each rabbit has less space than the area of an A4 sheet of paper.

Source // https://www.ciwf.org.uk/farm-animals/rabbits/rabbit-welfare/

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Fact 156. A plant based diet significantly lowers risk of high blood pressure by between 33% to 75% compared to meat and dairy based diets.

Sources & Further Reading // 

https://www.vivahealth.org.uk/healthfeatures/lowering-blood-pressure-vegan-diet

https://www.vivahealth.org.uk/healthfeatures/vegan-diet-prevents-and-cures-heart-disease

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Fact 155. The daily non-human animal slaughter rate is equivalent to nearly half the entire global human population.

Sources // 

https://www.facebook.com/anonymousforthevoiceless/posts/if-you-want-to-eat-any-animal-product-an-animal-has-to-die-you-may-not-be-pullin/2189425594412992/

https://sentientmedia.org/how-many-animals-are-killed-for-food-every-day/

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Fact 154. 97% of pigs raised in the United States are confined (and eventually slaughtered) on factory farms.

Sources // 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/01/death-rates-surge-female-pigs-us

https://www.splendidtable.org/story/inside-the-factory-farm-where-97-of-us-pigs-are-raised

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Fact 153. Pigs have an average lifespan of 15-20 years, but factory farmed pigs are sent to slaughter after just 6 months of life.

Source // https://www.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics

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Fact 152. Many condoms aren't vegan. Most manufacturers use casein (a milk derivative) in the latex manufacturing process.

Sources //

https://www.vegan.com/condoms/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/02/14/wait-what-most-condoms-on-the-market-arent-vegan_a_21713351/

Vegan options //

https://www.hanxofficial.com/

https://www.glyde-condoms.com

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Fact 151. In the wild, hens would only lay 20 eggs in a year, but on modern-day farms they produce over 300 eggs a year.

Source // https://www.viva.org.uk/egg-factsheet (Origin: Hendrix Genetics website, 2015; World Poultry website, 2016)

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Fact 150. Studies have shown that crustaceans do indeed feel pain. it can take several minutes for lobsters to die when immersed in boiling water.

Sources // 

https://mercyforanimals.org/do-lobsters-feel-pain-this-is-what-science

https://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/6-incredible-lobster-facts.php

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/11/crabs-feel-pain

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Fact 149. Kale is one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. It’s a great source of calcium and iron, as well as vitamins A, C and K.

Sources // https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-proven-benefits-of-kale

https://www.organicauthority.com/health/reasons-kale-is-the-new-beef-nutritious-sustainable

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Fact 148. Studies have shown that the overfishing of ocean predators could increase the pace of climate change.

Source // http://theconversation.com/how-overfishing-and-shark-finning-could-increase-the-pace-of-climate-change-67664

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Fact 147. 136 million acres of rainforest have been cleared for animal agriculture.

Sources //

http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts

https://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html