LIVESTOCK (ANIMAL AGRICULTURE) INFORMATION

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1 PRESENTED BY YOUARETHEIRVOICE.COM The Daunting Facts: The planet's environment, animals, and fragile ecosystem, is dangerously close to collapsing. ANIMAL AGRICULTURE WATER STATISTICS 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef. 477 gallons of water are required to produce 1lb. of eggs. 900 gallons of water are needed for 1lb. of cheese. 1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk. "Food Facts: How Much Water Does it Take to Produce...?" Water Education Foundation. [1] "Water Resources: Agricultural and Environmental Issues." [2] "Water". Environmental Working Group. [3] "The water footprint of food". Water for Food. [4] "A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products. Ecosystems." [5] "2,500 gallons all wet? Earth Save: Healthy People Healthy Planet." [6] "Water footprint of crop and animal products: a comparison." (Water Footprint Network) [7] "Water Content of Things: Data Table 19". The World's Water. [8] "Estimation of the Water Requirement for Beef Production in the United States". Journal of Animal Science. [9] LIVESTOCK (ANIMAL AGRICULTURE) INFORMATION Livestock or livestock feed occupies 1/3 of the earth s ice-free land. Livestock covers 45% of the earth s total land. 1/3 of the planet is desertified, with livestock as the leading driver. Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. "Livestock a major threat to environment. Remedies urgently needed". FAO Newsroom. [10] "The Triple Whopper Environmental Impact of Global Meat Production". Time. [11] "Livestock and climate change". Livestock xchange. International Livestock Research Institute. [12] "Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)". Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [13] "The Real Price of Livestock Grazing on America's Public Lands". Center for Biological Diversity. [14] "Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007". USDA: Economic Research Service. [15] "UN launches International Year of Deserts and Desertification". UN News Centre. [16] "Saving the World With Livestock? The Allan Savory Approach Examined". Free from Harm. [17] "Desertification, Drought Affect One Third of Planet, World's Poorest People". United Nations. [18] "Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns". UN News Centre. [19] "Overgrazing". Hogan, C Michael. The Encyclopedia of Earth. [20]

2 CAUSE OF PLANETS WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction. "Biodiversity and Food Choice: A Clarification". comfortablyunaware: Global Depletion and Food Choice Responsibility. [21] "Freshwater Depletion: Realities of Choice". comfortablyunaware: Global Depletion and Food Choice Responsibility. [22] "What is a dead zone?" National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [23] "What Causes Ocean 'Dead Zones'?" Scientific American. [24] "Nutrient Pollution: The Problem". Environmental Protection Agency. [25] "Livestock's Long Shadow". Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations. [26] "Causes of Extinction". The Encyclopedia of Earth. June 13, Hogan, C Michael. [27] "The Habitable Planet. Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline// Section 7: Habitat Loss: Causes and Consequences". [28] "How Eating Meat Hurts Wildlife and the Planet". Take Extinction Off Your Plate: Center for Biological Diversity. [29] "Impact of habitat loss on species". WWF Global. [30] "Biodiversity conservation: The key is reducing meat consumption". Science of the Total Environment. [31] "Risk Management Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. [32] "Quantifying Threats to Imperiled Species in the United States". BioScience. Wilcove, David S, et al. [33] "Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices". Nature 418. Tilman, David, et al. [34] "Ocean Dead Zones Are Getting Worse Globally Due to Climate Change". Zielinski, Sarah. Smithsonian.com. [35] "EPA-supported scientists find average but large Gulf dead zone". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [36] FISH AND MARINE LIFE LOSS STATISTICS We could see fishless oceans by /4 of the world s fisheries are exploited or depleted million tons of fish are pulled from our oceans each year. As many as 2.7 trillion animals are pulled from the ocean each year. For 1 pound of fish, up to 5 pounds of unintended species are caught. As many as 650,000 whales, dolphins and seals are killed every year million sharks killed in fishing lines and nets. "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services". Science. Vol November Worm, Boris, et al. [37] "Seafood May Be Gone by 2048, Study Says". National Geographic News. Roach, John. November 2, [38] "Still Waters: The Global Fish Crisis". National Geographic. Montaigne, Fen. [39] "World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture: Part 1". United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. [40] "Estimating the Number of Fish Caught in Global Fishing Each Year". July Mood, A & Brooke, P. [41] "Fish count estimates". Fishcount.org.uk. [42] "Discard and bycatch in Shrimp trawl fisheries". FAO: Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. [43] "Wasted Catch: Unsolved Problems in U.S. Fisheries". Oceana. March Keledjian, Amanda, et al. [44] "America's nine most wasteful fisheries named". The Guardian. 20 March Goldenberg, Suzanne. [45] "Shark Fin Trade Myths and Truths: BYCATCH". Shark Savers. [46] "Sharks at Risk". Animal Welfare Institute. [47] "100 Million Sharks Killed Every Year, Eve of International Conference on Shark Protection". National Geographic. [48] "Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks". Marine Policy. [49]

3 STATISTICS ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AMAZON Animal agriculture is responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction. 1-2 acres of rainforest are cleared every second. Leading cause of rainforest destruction is livestock and feedcrops. Up to 137 plant, animal and insect species are lost every day 136 million rainforest acres cleared for animal agriculture. "Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon". World Bank Working Paper. Margulis, Sergio. [50] "Amazon Deforestation, Once Tames, Comes Roaring Back". Tabuchi, Hiroko, Rigny, Claire & White, Jeremy. New York Times. [51] "The Ultimate Mystery Meat: Exposing the Secrets Behind Burger King and Global Meat Production". Mighty Earth. [52] "Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World's Rainforests". Scientific American. [53] "10 Rainforest Facts for 2017". Mongabay.com. January, Butler, Rhett. [54] "Keeping Options Alive: The Scientific Basis for Conserving Biodiveristy". World Resources Institute. [55] "Tropical Deforestation". National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Facts. [56] "Cattle Ranching's Impact on the Rainforest". Mongabay.com. July 2012.Butler, Rhett. [57] "Cattle Ranching in the Amazon Rainforest". UN: Food and Agriculture Organization. [58] "The Disappearing Rainforests". Save the Amazon.org. [59] "Protect nature for world economic security, warns UN biodiversity chief". Vidal, John. The Guardian. [60] "Amazon Destruction". Mongabay.com. January Butler, Rhett. [61] "Brazilian beef giant announces moratorium on rainforest beef". Butler, Rhett A. Mongabay. August [62] POPULATION INCREASE, DEATHS, AND GROWTH 80% of antibiotic sold in the US are for livestock. World population in 1812: 1 billion; 1912: 1.5 billion; 2012: 7 billion. More than 6 million animals are killed for food every hour. Cows drink 45 billion gallons of water & eat 135 billion pounds a day. We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 billion people. "New FDA Number's Reveal Food Animals Consume Lion's Share of Antibiotics". Center for a livable future. December [63] "Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals". Health & Human Services. [64] "2015 in Review: Animal Antibiotics". Food Safety News. December Zuraw, Lydia. [65] "Human Numbers Through Time". Nova. [66] "Current World Population". Worldometers. [67] "Factory Farms". A Well Fed World. [68] "Strategic Plan : For Kinder, Fairer Farming Worldwide". Compassion in World Farming. [69] "Animals Slaughtered". Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow. [70] "Based on rough averages of 30 gallons of water & 100 lbs. of food per day x of cows billion cows". [71] "We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People...and Still Can't End Hunger. Breaking News & Views. [72] "U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat, Cornell ecologist advises animal scientists". [73] "Redefining agricultural yields: form tonnes to people nourished per acre". Environmental Research. [74]

4 DISTURBING STATISTICS ON ANIMAL AGRICULTURE 82% of starving children live in countries where food is fed to animals, and eaten by other countries. 1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food, 1.5 acres can produce only 375 pounds. A person who follows a vegan diet produces the equivalent of 50% less carbon dioxide. Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal s life. Ten thousand years ago, 99% of biomass (i.e. zoomass) was wild animals. Today, humans and the animals that we raise as food make up 98% of the zoomass. Livestock is responsible for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide a greenhouse gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. 15x more protein on any given area of land with plants, rather than cows. Worldwide, at least 50% of grain is fed to livestock. 414 billion dollars in externalized cost from animal ag. As many as 40% (63 billion pounds) of fish caught globally every year are discarded. In the U.S. livestock produce 116,000 lbs of waste per second Livestock operations have created more than 500 nitrogen flooded deadzones in our oceans. Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US. Reducing methane emissions would create tangible benefits almost immediately. Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our 565 gigatonnes CO2e limit by 2030, all from AG. Emissions for agriculture projected to increase 80% by "The World Hunger-Food Choice Connection: A Summary". Comfortably Unaware Blog. [75] "Improving Child Nutrition: The achievable imperative for global progress". UNICEF. [76] "Livestock production index". The World Bank. [77] "Global livestock production systems". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. [78] "Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won t Work." [79] "Grass-fed and Organic Beef: Production Costs and Breakeven Market Prices, ". Schwab, Denise, et al. [80] "The carbon foodprint of five diets compared". Shrink That Footprint. [81] "Dietary greenhouse-gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK". [82] "Facts on Animal Farming and the Environment". One Green Planet. [83] "Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment". American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. [84] "The Bomb is Still Ticking...". Post growth: From bigger towards better. Ede, Sharon. [85] "Harvesting the Biosphere: The Human Impact". Smil, Vaclav. [86] "Livestock' Long Shadow: environmental issues and options". FAO. Rome. [87] "Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States". U.S. Energy Information Administration. [88] "Executive Summary: Feed Supply". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. [89] "Meat and Animal Feed". Agriculture at a Crossroads. Findings and recommendations for future farming. [90] Shah, Anup. "Beef: Diverting resources to environmentally destructive uses". Global Issues. [91] "Did you know? U.S. and Wisconsin soybean facts". Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. [92] Simon, David. "Are Big Macs Killing Bees?" Meatonomic$: The Bizarre Economics of Meat and Dairy. April [93] Friedrich, Bruce. "Meatonomics: The Bizarre Economics of the Meat & Dairy Industries". The Huffington Post. [94] Keledjian, Amanda, et al. "Wasted Catch: Unsolved Problems in U.S. Fisheries". Oceana. March [95] Goldenberg, Suzanne. "America's nine most wasteful fisheries named". The Guardian. 20 March [96] "EPA-supported scientists find average but large Gulf dead zone". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [97] "Ocean Dead Zones Are Getting Worse Globally Due to Climate Change". Smithsonian.com. November 10, [98] "Industry Leaders, including Energy Companies, Forge Partnerships to Advance Climate Solutions". Climate Summit. [99] "Anthropegnic emissions of methane in the United States". National Academy of Sciences. Vol No [100] "Overview of Greenhouse Gases". United States Environmental Protection Agency. [101] "Global diets link environmental sustainability and human health". Nature. Vol November [102]

5 ANIMAL AGRICULTURE WASTE STATISTICS Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals. A mere 2,500 dairy cows produces as much waste as a city of 411, times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US. In the U.S. livestock produce 116,000 lbs of waste per second. Animals produce Enough waste to cover SF, NYC, Tokyo, etc. "Animal Manure Management". USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service. RCA Issue Bief #7. December [103] "Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook". USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service. Part 651. [104] "Agricultural Waste Characteristics". Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook. USDA. Chapter 4. [105] "Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations". Environmental Protection Agency [106] "Animal Agriculture: Waste Management Practices". United States General Accounting Office. July [107] "US Livestock produce 335 million tons of dry matter per year. [108] THANK YOU FOR READING! Did you find this resource useful? If you want to support what we do, we'd be forever grateful if you checked us out on Patreon! Thank you so much! Find more resources like this one at YouAreTheirVoice.com! Don't forget to visit VeganActivism.org to see what impact you could be making! ALL SOURCES INCLUDED BELOW [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

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