← on nowLGR-016 · v0.1.0 · model · count How many horses are killed every second, every day, every year?
horses · Equus caballus
killed by humans
5 million
a year
0.158
a second
13,689
a day
born
?
not bred for this. bought, worked, or taken.
method FAO slaughter statistics.
- often after a working life. a horse can live thirty years.source: FAO
- the united states stopped slaughtering horses in 2007 and started shipping them: tens of thousands a year to mexico and canada.source: USDA export data; ASPCA
- racing: about one horse dies for every thousand starts.source: Jockey Club Equine Injury Database
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
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how this number is built
- method
- FAO slaughter statistics.
- range
- 4–6 million/yr
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- none material.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-016 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0