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So the question now becomes: what will they use to make pet food? Given that in US (for example) there are 160 million pets and a cat eats around 200-300 grams
by romanoderoma 6y ago
So the question now becomes: what will they use to make pet food?
Given that in US (for example) there are 160 million pets and a cat eats around 200-300 grams of meat everyday, which is more than half of the global World population have at their disposal.
- kgwgk 6y agoUsing horses is also frowned upon...
- TheGallopedHigh 6y agoNot in Europe
- kgwgk 6y agoGiving horse meat to animals is a waste :-)
- ChrisRR 6y agoWhat else are you going to do with a dead horse?
- faeyanpiraat 6y agoSausage
- kgwgk 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat (I was joking, I understand there is less desirable horse meat that can still be used to feed animals)
- raspyberr 6y agoThe article says the chicks are used for reptile food. And now basically the eggs will be used for reptile food instead.
- romanoderoma 6y agoThe meat of 6 billions chicks was needed to feed domestic reptiles? Assuming they weight around 30 grams it's ~1,800,000 tons of meat That's a lot of meat, I didn't know people kept so many reptiles in their homes. p.s. 1,800,000 tons of meat could feed 180,000,000 people in Africa for a year (assuming an average in North and Central Africa of 10kg/person/year which is optimistic for some of the countries there). It's astonishing how much food we waste for silly reasons.
- kgwgk 6y ago> Assuming they weight around 30 grams it's ~1,800,000 tons of meat Check your math.
- romanoderoma 6y agoYep, it's 180,000 tons. Which would still feed 18,000,000 million people in Africa for a year.
- jononor 6y agoA million too much in there, I think.
- romanoderoma 6y ago6,000,000,000 (chicks) * 0.03 (weight of a chick in kg at birth) = 180,000,000 kg 180,000,000 kg / 10 (average meat consumption in North and Central Africa) = 18,000,000 people that could eat for a year.
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