Does “For every human, there are roughly 3-4 farmed animals being farmed at any given moment” only count farmed land vertebrates (specifically mammals and birds)? I think the number is higher if you include farmed fish or farmed invertebrates.
Just to update everyone, Michael, Fai and I have chatted separately from this thread. My team just pushed an update to that specific page that now properly includes farmed fish statistics. You can find the source(s) for our numbers in the footer under the “Credits and sources” section.
We’re still debating this internally, right now the idea is that we think it gives a better comparison overview between land and ocean statistics, and more importantly, gives more weight towards showing how many individuals are being slaughtered just in the fish industry alone.
If we combine those numbers, folks that are not as familiar about these industries (as we may be), may potentially assume that the majority included in that statistic are land animals. We still might change how we show this, but for now as a quick update this seemed appropriate.
Of course, if you have any feedback, we’re very open to that and appreciate it!
I agree. A useful resource for farmed fish statistics is OPP’s open spreadsheet. It shows that the number of farmed fish alone is 10x of the human population.
Does “For every human, there are roughly 3-4 farmed animals being farmed at any given moment” only count farmed land vertebrates (specifically mammals and birds)? I think the number is higher if you include farmed fish or farmed invertebrates.
Just to update everyone, Michael, Fai and I have chatted separately from this thread. My team just pushed an update to that specific page that now properly includes farmed fish statistics. You can find the source(s) for our numbers in the footer under the “Credits and sources” section.
Thanks for catching that for us!
Love this site!
Not sure why you wouldn’t just add the fish number in the top-line figure though? Reads a bit odd that it is separated.
Thanks Jack!
We’re still debating this internally, right now the idea is that we think it gives a better comparison overview between land and ocean statistics, and more importantly, gives more weight towards showing how many individuals are being slaughtered just in the fish industry alone.
If we combine those numbers, folks that are not as familiar about these industries (as we may be), may potentially assume that the majority included in that statistic are land animals. We still might change how we show this, but for now as a quick update this seemed appropriate.
Of course, if you have any feedback, we’re very open to that and appreciate it!
Thanks again!
I agree. A useful resource for farmed fish statistics is OPP’s open spreadsheet. It shows that the number of farmed fish alone is 10x of the human population.