I’m glad to learn more about your work in China and what’s going on there for animals, given the stakes. When you write
and moved 37+ million animals annually into cage-free or higher-welfare systems. For the 2025 calendar year, those numbers are substantially higher—in the range of 400 million animals benefiting annually (~50M poultry, ~50M fish, ~300M crustaceans).
are these the numbers of expected animals helped if the commitments are fulfilled, or the number of animals already out of cages / helped thanks to these commitments?
These figures are estimates when the commitments are fulfilled. Nonetheless, a portion of the animals have already benefited—commitments related to producer-side upgrade have already been fulfilled. For 2025, that’s roughly 13 million animals!
I’m glad to learn more about your work in China and what’s going on there for animals, given the stakes. When you write
are these the numbers of expected animals helped if the commitments are fulfilled, or the number of animals already out of cages / helped thanks to these commitments?
Hi Keyvan—thanks for the asking
These figures are estimates when the commitments are fulfilled. Nonetheless, a portion of the animals have already benefited—commitments related to producer-side upgrade have already been fulfilled. For 2025, that’s roughly 13 million animals!