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Published May
2002
LGVN Animal News
Animals
Killed for Food Updates
THE
number of animals killed for food worldwide in 1998 was 43.2 billion,
according to the Food and Agriculture organization.
This
included: *290 million cattle, buffalo and calves *1.1 billion pigs
*802 million sheep and goats *41.1 billion chickens, turkeys, ducks,
and geese The figures exclude some small countries and 'non-slaughter'
deaths that are not generally reported. Later figures are not curently
available. - Source: http://worldanimal.net
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