← on nowLGR-004 · v0.1.0 · model · count How many ducks are killed every second, every day, every year?
ducks · Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
killed by humans
3.3 billion
a year
105
a second
9 million
a day
born to be killed
3.5 billion
a year
111
a second
9.6 million
a day
alive right now, in the queue: about 443 million (rate × 49 days). average time left: 24.5 days.
method FAO slaughter statistics.
- a duck can live ten years.source: FAO
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=ducks" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · ducks"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- FAO slaughter statistics.
- range
- 3.0–3.5 billion/yr
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- most ducks are slaughtered in China; reporting granularity is coarse.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-004 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0