by kenjg1942 on November 29th, 2007

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Aprrox., how many cattle, pigs and chickens are slaughtered each day for food in USA? It has to be enormous.

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  • by Kinsm on October 25th, 2010

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    Though their could be a huge variation in reported numbers it's estimated that:

    In the United States, around nine billion animals are slaughtered every year (this includes about 150.4 million cattle, bison, sheep, hogs, and goats and 8.9 billion chickens, turkeys, and ducks) in 5,700 slaughterhouses and processing plants employing 527,000 workers.

    Worldwide figures, around 90 billion marine animals including 1 billion frogs (125 million metric tons), 42 billion chickens, 2.3 billion ducks, 1.3 billion pigs, 900 million rabbits, 665 million turkeys, 525 million geese, 475 million sheep, 350 million goats, 290 million cows, 65 million guinea pigs, 55 million pigeons, 22 million buffalo, 15 million dogs, 9 million camels/donkeys/horses, 3 million cats, etc.

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  • by Anonymous on March 18th, 2009

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    According to the National Agricultural
    Statistics Service, the following number of animals were slaughtered in the US in 2008:

    cattle 34.4 million (avg/day 94,247)
    calves 956,600 (avg/day 2,621)
    hogs 116.5 million (avg/day 319,178)
    sheep and lambs 2.56 million (avg/day 7,014)
    chickens 9,075,261,000 (avg/day 24,863,729)
    turkeys 3,672,000 (avg/day 10,060)

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  • by Holly0981 on April 5th, 2011

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    Millions there are many cows and pigs being slaughtered, male chicks being killed because they are no use to battery hen ware houses, hens suffering deceases form being in wire cages that are way to small.

    We need to change the world and maybe this generation can I know I am going to try and help those animals suffering

    FREE RANGE!!!!!!! (is the best solution to the argument in which caged animals is necessary or just to cruel.

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  • by sparkie2448 on November 29th, 2007

    sparkie2448

    I don't know about food, but it's been said 3000 cow are killed for 1 season of football.

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