> I’m wondering how many fish, birds, and mammals get eaten by non-humans every day https://xkcd.com/1338/ https://xkcd.com/1338/ https://ourworldindata.org/w

> I’m wondering how many fish, birds, and mammals get eaten by non-humans every day https://xkcd.com/1338/ https://xkcd.com/1338/ https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass > I wouldn’t be surprised if that number is less than the number of animals humans slaughter https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/our-global-food-system-primary-driver-biodiversity-loss https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/our-glob... Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26231772/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26231772/ Biodiversity conservation: The key is reducing meat consumption > Like, I’ve heard that there are more chickens alive right now than all other birds combined https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass#global-poultry-weighs-more-than-twice-that-of-wild-birds https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass#global... We have twice as much poultry by weight as wild birds. > We have twice as much poultry by weight as wild birds. https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/the-truth-about-cats-and-dogs-environmental-impact https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/the-truth-about-cats-and-... In a paper published today in the journal PLOS One, Okin says he found that cats and dogs are responsible for 25 to 30 percent of the environmental impact of meat consumption in the United States. If Americans’ 163 million Fidos and Felixes comprised a separate country, their fluffy nation would rank fifth in global meat consumption