PART TWO: THE KILLING BUSINESS The Death Toll The number of
animals killed for food worldwide in 1998 was 43.2 billion (2).
290 million cattle, buffalo and calves 1.1 billion pigs 802
million sheep and goats 41.1 billion chickens, turkeys, ducks
and geese The total number of animals killed for food in UK
slaughterhouses was 883.319 million in 1998 (excludes cattle
slaughtered under Over Thirty Months Scheme, Calf Processing Aid
Scheme & selective cull). This included: 2.3 million cattle 18.7
million sheep 16.3 million pigs 792 million broiler chickens 35
million turkeys 18 million ducks 1 million geese TOTAL = 883.319
MILLION (3) Number of animals killed per second in the UK = 28
Number of animals killed per minute in the UK = 1,700 Number of
animals killed per hour in the UK = 100,000 Number of animals
killed per day in the UK = 2.4 million Number of animals killed
per week in the UK = 17 million How many slaughterhouses?
According to MAFF there were 567 licensed slaughterhouses
operating in the UK in March