← on nowLGR-009 · v0.1.0 · model · count How many sheep are killed every second, every day, every year?
sheep · Ovis aries
killed by humans
620 million
a year
19.6
a second
1.7 million
a day
born to be killed
700 million
a year
22.2
a second
1.9 million
a day
alive right now, in the queue: about 356 million (rate × 210 days). average time left: 105 days.
method FAO slaughter statistics.
- a sheep can live twelve years.source: FAO
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=sheep" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · sheep"></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
- 0.58–0.65 billion/yr
- confidence
- count
- weakness
- informal slaughter under-reported.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-009 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0