Animals Killed for Food in the United States in 2000 (millions)
Figures provided by FARM from the
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service(NASS)
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Animals
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Slaughter
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Other*
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%
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Total ‘00
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Est ‘01
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% Increase
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‘Broilers’
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8,259.2
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532.8
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(6%)
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8,792
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8,967
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(2%)
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‘Layers’
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165
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264.7
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(61.6%)
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429.7
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446
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(3.6%)
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Turkeys
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268
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36
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(11.8%)
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304
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308
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(2.3%)
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Ducks
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24.5
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1.6
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(4.1%)
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26.1
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28.2
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(7.4%)
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Birds
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8,716.7
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835.1
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(9.6%)
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9551.8
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9,749.2
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(2.1%)
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Cattle/Calves
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37.6
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4.1
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(10.9%)
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41.7
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40
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(-4.3%)
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Pigs
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98.1
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17.1
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(17.4%)
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115.2
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113
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(-2.1%)
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Sheep
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3.5
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.8
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(22%)
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4.3
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4
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(-7%)
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Mammals
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139.2
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22
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(15.8%)
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161.2
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158.4
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(-1.7%)
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Animals
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8,855.9
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857.1
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(9.7%)
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9,713
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9,906
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(1.9%)
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-
USDA/ NASS “Poultry Slaughter 2000 Summary,”
February 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Livestock Slaughter 2000 Summary,”
March 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Hatchery Production 2000 Summary,”
April 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Turkey Hatchery,” April 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Meat Animals Production, Disposition,
& Income 2000,” April 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Chicken and Eggs,” Monthly Reports, July 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Turkey Hatchery,” Monthly Reports, July 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Poultry Slaughter,” Monthly Reports, August 2001.
- USDA/ NASS “Livestock Slaughter,” Monthly Reports, July 2001.
*“Other”- number of individuals who die before slaughter for any
reason.
- “Broilers”- “Other” deaths calculated by subtracting number slaughtered from number hatched
- “Layers”- “Other” deaths calculated by subtracting number slaughtered from number hatched.
Note the larger number of egg-industry chickens dying
before slaughter(264.7M) than at slaughter(165M):
50% of chicks hatched are males and thus discarded upon
hatching. Add the males discarded to all the laying hens who die
during egg production and you have a figure that's higher than
the number of hens who survive for slaughter (and official USDA
counting.)
- Turkeys - “Other” deaths calculated by subtracting number slaughtered
from number hatched. Since no data exists for the number of turkeys hatched, we
determine that figure by taking 81% of the total number of turkey eggs set in
incubators for 2000. The hatch rate for turkey and broiler eggs is approximately
81% of eggs set in incubators (from interview with USDA poultry expert.)
- Pigs - “Other” deaths determined by adding number of
deaths after weaning (6.8 million) to number of deaths before weaning (10.3
million).
6.85
+ (.093 x 100.85 / .9076 = 10.3)
In addition, 14,307,000 pounds of "other poultry" were
slaughtered, including ostriches, emus, geese, pigeons, rabbits, and
other miscellaneous categories of birds.
The worldwide number of animals killed for food in 2000 was 45 billion,
according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. This included 306
million cattle, buffalo, and calves, 1.2 billion pigs, 795 million sheep
and goats, and 42.7 billion chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. The figures
exclude some small countries and 'non-slaughter' deaths, which are
generally not reported.
These Figures Do Not Include Fish.
United Poultry Concerns, Inc.
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(Animals Killed for Food in the United States in 2000 (millions))
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