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Meat & Me

Numbers & Facts,
We Should Know.
Also Uncomfortable.

Slaughter Age in Human Years

A person lives on average 79 years.
A human is a mammal too.

Pigs

Life expectancy 10 - 12 years
/
Lactation period 80 days
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Suckling pigs

Slaughter age 2 - 6 weeks
= 0.3 - 0.8 human years

Pigs

Slaughter age 5 - 6 months
= 3 - 3.6 human years

Chickens

Life expectancy 6 - 10 years
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Chickens

Slaughter age 35 - 49 days
= 0.9 - 1.3 human years

Laying hens

Slaughter age 20 - 22 months
= 16.5 - 18.1 human years

Cows

Life expectancy 18 - 22 years
/
Lactation period 305 days
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Calves

Slaughter age 5 - 8 months
= 1.6 - 2.6 human years

Cattle

Slaughter age 8 - 12 months
= 2.6 - 3.9 human years

Dairy cows

Slaughter age 4 - 6 years
= 15.8 - 23.7 human years

Sheep

Life expectancy 10 - 12 years
/
Lactation period 150 days
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Milk lambs

Slaughter age 5 - 15 weeks
= 0.7 - 2.1 human years

Fattening lambs

Slaughter age 4 - 12 months
= 2.4 - 7.2 human years

Dairy sheep

Slaughter age 4 - 5 years
= 28.7 - 35.9 human years

How old are you...?


Slaughter Numbers Worldwide

There are 7.8 billion people.
Every year 55 million people die.
That's 104.6 deaths per minute.
yearly
each second
since this year
NaN
Reference:

That's a total of 0 scalesWithNumber. per year

And 0 scalesWithNumber. per day

Or 0 scalesWithNumber. per second

Water Footprint

Consuming animal based products results in wasting water.
A bathtub holds ~150 liters of water.
Water footprint
Litre / kgLitre / 100 kcal

A Swiss person eats ~ 111 g of meat per day.

But nobody consumes that much almonds.

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Land Use

Huge areas are required for animal products.
Meat eaters need 3,321 m², plant eaters only 455 m² - that's only 1/7.
Land Use
m² / kgm² / 100 kcal
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Advertising with animal products is extreme, mendacious and missionary. It is equivalent to a compulsion and has no place in public.

It deceives the consumer and consciously uses lies and manipulation.

References