2007-02-27 02:38:47 · 8 answers · asked by Wunderin 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Approximately 49 billion chickens are consumed worldwide every year
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Perils of chicken farming.
Approximately 49 billion chickens are consumed worldwide every year. Thirty years ago it took nearly 3 months to grow a broiler chicken to slaughter weight (2 kg) – today it takes 41 days and the stated goal of the chicken industry is to reduce this period by 1 day a year. How is this achieved? By extreme selective breeding. Today 98% of all broilers are descended from birds supplied by just 3 companies. The rapid growth translates into poor skeletal strength and often results in lameness. Lame chickens have been observed to prefer feed laced with painkillers and the Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) group believes this indicates that they are in pain. The fast-growing chickens have also been found to have a substantially higher incidence of cardiovascular disease and liver damage. The CIWF is now challenging the UK government's policies on broiler farming on the basis that they are in direct contravention of the European Union directive of 1998, which prohibits farming methods that have a detrimental effect on the animals' health and welfare.
2007-02-27 02:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by Duke 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
At least 3 or 4.
2007-02-27 02:49:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
More than what could possibly be counted Wow thats a lot
2007-02-27 02:41:49 · answer #3 · answered by glenn s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Too many
2016-02-25 12:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I queefed
2016-11-21 14:08:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
at least a dozen
2007-02-27 02:41:24 · answer #6 · answered by epbr123 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sorry never counted
2007-02-27 02:43:25 · answer #7 · answered by butterfly_asd 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
none by me
I am vegetarian!
2007-02-27 02:41:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋