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by myshpa
1256 days ago
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https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/us-factory-farming-estima... "We estimate that 99% of US farmed animals are living in factory farms at present. By species, we estimate that 70.4% of cows, 98.3% of pigs, 99.8% of turkeys, 98.2% of chickens raised for eggs, and over 99.9% of chickens raised for meat are living in factory farms." |
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Being honest though, it's sus as fuck, and not just because of the source, or that these are "rough estimates" to use their terms.
A simple read through the spreadsheet shows some pretty odd (and significant) discrepancies. A single example: A row with "2500-4999" animals per farm has farm counts and "total animals" that amounts to over 6.5k animals per farm.
Also, note that CAFO - the farms we're (legitimately) concerned about - is not based solely on the animal counts†, though that's the only part of the definition that the "Sentience Institute" uses because "the public may consider it bad too".
It strikes me as straight up lying with numbers - presenting real numbers in a way which tells the story the institute wants to tell.
† "has a manmade ditch or pipe that carries manure or wastewater to surface water; or the animals come into contact with surface water that passes through the area where they’re confined."