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@justiceforall.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 12:19 PM

Inconvenient truth:
‘Most LIVESTOCK in the 🇺🇸 is #FactoryFarmed’

(And no, scaling up #FreeRange farming is neither mathematically feasible nor morally desirable. It is objectively wrong to harm animals when avoidable)

Screenshot from https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/almost-all-livestock-in-the-united-states-is-factory-farmed

Our World in Data graphic 

Most livestock in the United States
is factory-farmed

"Factory farms" are defined as "concentrated animal feeding operations" based on the US EPA's definition of holding a large number of animals in an intensive feeding operation for more than 45 days.

🐓 99.96% of chickens are factory-farmed.
That's 9.2 billion.

🐟 100% of farmed fish are factory-farmed.
That's 530 million.

🐣 98.3% of egg-laying hens are factory-farmed.
That's 380 million.

🦃 99.8% of turkeys are factory-farmed.
That's 260 million.

🐄 75% of cows
are factory-farmed.
That's 66 million.

🐖 98.6% of pigs
are factory-farmed.
That's 73 million.

Data source: Sentience Institute (2024). Data is for 2022.
OurWorldinData.org/animal-welfare | CC BY
@philip-ciwf.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 12:49 PM

On #WorldAnimalDay 2026 please remember the #Factoryfarmed animals that are out of sight and out of mind
They are sentient, feeling creatures that give their lives for our food & deserve a life worth living & our love and respect
No animal should ever be so cruelly confined or caged
@ciwf.org.uk

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