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Greenhouse gases Water
q Animal agriculture is responsible for q 2,500 gallons of water are needed to
18 percent of greenhouse gas produce 1 pound of beef.
emissions, more than the combined q 5% of water consumed in the US
exhaust from all transportation. is by private homes. 55% of water
q Livestock and their by-products consumed
account for at least 32,000 million in the US is for animal agriculture.
tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, q Animal Agriculture is responsible for
or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse 20%-33% of all fresh water
gas emissions. consumption in the world today.

Land Waste
q Livestock covers 45% of the earth’s q Every minute, 7 million pounds of
total land. excrement are produced by animals
q Nearly half of the contiguous US is raised for food in the US.
devoted to animal agriculture. q A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produc-
q 1/3 of the planet is desertified, with es the same amount of waste as a city
livestock as the leading driver. of 411,000 people.

Oceans
q Scientists estimate as many as 650,000 whales, dolphins and seals are killed every
year by fishing vessels.
q We could see fishless oceans by 2048.
q As many as 2.7 trillion animals are pulled from the ocean each year.

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