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According to United States Department of Agriculture statistics for the year 1999, 9.8 billion birds and mammals were bred and killed for food in the United States. Hidden away on factory farms and in slaughterhouses, each one of these animals suffered and died tragically.

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400 MILLION

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The number of animals killed for food increased by more than 400 million from the previous year— approximately ten times the total number killed for fur, in shelters, and in laboratories combined. LABORATORIES

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10 BILLION


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