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50 billion land animals are killed each year for food. 50 BILLION! There are fewer than 7 billion people on the planet. 10 billion farm animals are killed in the U.S. alone per year.

Number of animals killed in the world by the meat, dairy and egg industries, since you opened this webpage. This does not include the billions of fish and other aquatic animals killed annually.
Based on 2007 statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas.
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