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For the animals
They are the reason a plate matters.
More than 80 billion land animals — and trillions of aquatic ones — are killed for food each year. Most never see the sun. This is the pillar of the argument that started everything.
92B+
Land animals farmed per year
FAO, 2022
2.7T
Aquatic animals killed per year
fishcount.org.uk
~99%
Farmed animals in factory farms
Sentience Institute, US
7B/yr
Male chicks culled in egg industry
Compassion in World Farming
The vast majority of farmed animals today live inside industrial facilities designed for throughput, not welfare. Sows in gestation crates. Broiler chickens bred so fast their legs cannot carry them. Male chicks in the egg industry killed within hours of hatching. Dairy cows separated from calves at birth so humans can drink the milk.
None of this is unusual. All of it is legal, regulated, and standard. When people say "choosing plants is political", this is what they mean: it is a quiet withdrawal of consent from a system most of us would never approve of if we had to watch it up close.
Key evidence
The scale is almost unimaginable.
The vast majority of animals killed for food never see the sun. These numbers are conservative estimates from peer-reviewed sources and industry data.
92B
Land animals killed / year
Chickens, pigs, cattle, ducks and other land species raised and slaughtered globally.
Source: FAOSTAT, 2022
~2.7T
Aquatic animals killed / year
Fish and shellfish. The count is so vast we measure in tonnes, not lives.
Source: fishcount.org.uk
99%
Of US farmed animals
Live on factory farms — the model most now consider incompatible with basic welfare.
Source: Sentience Institute, 2019
Where to go from here
Explainer
What factory farming actually looks like
A visual walk-through, without the shock tactics.
Continue InvestigationsLatest animal-rights reporting
Undercover stories, legal cases and welfare wins.
Continue ActionLegislation & campaigns you can join
From end-the-cage petitions to local ballot measures.
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Curated films
Films that make it concrete
Documentaries, investigations and short films from advocacy groups and independent filmmakers.
Documentary trailerForks Over Knives — Official Trailer
The documentary that made the plant-based case to millions.
Source: Forks Over Knives
Short filmGlass Walls — narrated by Paul McCartney
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, McCartney once said, everyone would be vegetarian. This is what he meant.
Source: PETA
Documentary trailerCowspiracy — Official Trailer
The environmental case against industrial animal agriculture, in 90 seconds.
Source: Cowspiracy
Documentary trailerDominion — Official Trailer
An unflinching look at how humans exploit non-human animals across every industry.
Source: Dominion Movement
ExplainerMeat: The Future
A calm, data-rich explainer on the environmental math of eating meat.
Source: Kurzgesagt
InvestigationThe Dairy Industry, in 5 Minutes
What the milk carton doesn't show.
Source: Mercy For Animals
The common questions
Common questions
Structurally, yes; statistically, almost irrelevant. Roughly 99% of animal products in industrialized countries come from intensive facilities. Small pasture farms exist but cannot scale to current demand without becoming the very system they claim to oppose.
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The four pillars
Other doors into the same argument
People come to plant-based living from very different doors. The reasons differ; the destination converges.
For the animals
They are the reason a plate matters.
More than 80 billion land animals — and trillions of aquatic ones — are killed for food each year. Most never see the sun.
Read more →For the planet
The single biggest lever an individual has.
A 2018 Oxford study of 38,700 farms in 119 countries found plant-based eating is the single biggest thing one person can do.
Read more →For your health
The evidence has been converging for decades.
Adventist Health, EPIC-Oxford, PREDIMED, EAT-Lancet: plant-eaters live longer, with less heart disease and diabetes.
Read more →For each other
A fairer way to share a finite planet.
A third of the world's grain is grown to feed farmed animals. Redirected to humans, it could nourish billions more.
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