Resources
Deforestation
Facts we cannot ignore!
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More than 90% of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforests have been cleared for growing feed crops for
farm animals.
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136 million rainforest
acres cleared for animal
agriculture.
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Many species of animals
and plants are becoming extinct everyday because of extensive deforestation all over the world.
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Water
Facts we cannot ignore!
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A single egg takes 53
gallons of water to be produced, a pound of chicken 468 gallons, a gallon of
cow’s milk 880 gallons, and a pound of beef approximately 1,800 gallons.
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A pound of chicken
requires 71% more water to produce than a pound of soy
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Facts we cannot ignore!
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According to a report by
World Watch, 51% (more than
half) of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by livestock!
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Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2 on a 20 year timeframe.
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Livestock is responsible
for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide – a gas with 296
times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.
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Cows raised for meat and milk produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day.
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