Your free book to action animal rights Grr! Graphics for Animal Liberation How to Do Animal Rights - And Win the War on Animals Contents About Chapter 1 Introduction to Doing Animal Rights 1. The Broad Setting 2. Mass Extinction 3. The Animal Holocaust Chapter 2 Know Your Animal Ethics & Animal Rights 1. Animal Ethics Background Ethics Importance of Animal Ethics Glossary Now a Biff From History How to Proceed? Ethical Theories Ethical Theories Compared Choosing an Ethical Theory Do Philosophical Ideas Work? 2. Animal Rights What are Animal Rights? Background to Animal Rights Major Dates for Rights Animal Rights Theory Fundamental Animal Ethical Positions Variations on Animal Rights Are Rights a Cure-all? Universal Declaration on Animals Arguments For & Against Animal Rights 3. Comparing Animal Philosophies Animal Ethics vs Animal Rights Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare Animal Rights vs Conservation Deep Ecology Conclusion Chapter 3 Campaigning Methods for Animal Rights 1. Introduction 2. Campaigning Where to Begin? Keeping Going Ten Essential Campaigning Tips More Tips 3. Civil Disobedience What Is Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience & Animal Rights Arguments For & Against Civil Disobedience 4. Direct Action What is Direct Action? Examples of Animal Rights Direct Action Individual vs Mass Direct Action Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty The Battle of Brightlingsea Inset: Background to Brightlingsea Comparing Direct Actions Direct Action vs Civil Disobedience Efficacy of Direct Action 5. Action Planning What is an Action Plan? Why an Action Plan? Who Should Produce the Action Plan? Before You Begin Distinguish Operations From Administrations Creating Your Action Plan You Should Be Smart You Should Also SWOT Make It Happen Review It A Simple Action Plan Template 6. Lobbying Who Can Lobby? What & Whom to Lobby Start Lobbying How to Lobby Lobbying Techniques 7. Picketing What is Picketing? AR Picketing is Like Industrial Picketing How to Picket 8. Starting a Group What to Do? Name & Logo Finding Members A Constitution? The Group Committee Group Success Or Failure Newsletters Fundraising 9. Publicity 10. Leafleting Design Printing Distribution Posters & Placards Other Media 11.News Media Media Tips A Feature Article? The Letters Page News Release The Radio Radio Tips 12. Internet The Web Email Create Your Own Web Site Designing Your Web Site Capturing Viewers Discussion Boards Chapter 4 Activities for Animal Rights  1. Undercover Investigator  2. Video Activist  3. Animal Friendly Traveller  4. Preacher  5. Animal Rescuer  6. Investigative Reporter  7. Media Watcher  8. Philosopher  9. Flyer 10. Personal Activist 11. Animal Lawyer 12. Politician 13. Prisoner Supporter 14. Public & School Speaker 15. Aerial Snooper 16. Scientific Investigator 17. Solo Information Worker 18. Street Theatre Actor 19. Teacher 20. Voluntary Worker Abroad Chapter 5 The Law & Animal Rights 1. Terrorism Background Terrorism Defined Animal Extremism & Terrorism Does AR Extremism Work in Practice? 2. Violence or Nonviolence? Can We Justify Violence? Kinds of Violence Views For & Against Violence Is Violence Efficacious? Conclusion 3. The Law - US & Britain United States FBI vs Extremists Britain Extremist Tactics Establishment Fights Back 4. Police Arrest In the Street & At Your Door At the Police Station Your Tactics Know Your Rights Remaining Silent Your Lawyer Suing the Police Chapter 6 Assorted Animal Rights Activists 1.  Steven Best 2.  John Lawrence 3.  Andrew Linzey 4.  Richard Martin 5.  The McLibel Two 6.  Ingrid Newkirk 7.  Jill Phipps 8.  Henry Salt 9.  Henry Spira 10. Peter Singer 11. Tom Regan 12. Richard D Ryder Chapter 7 Animal Numbers Raised & Killed 1.  Summary 2.  Chickens 3.  Pigs 4.  Beef Cattle 5.  Fish 6.  Meat Consumption 7.  Fur-bearers 8.  Experimental Animals Chapter 8.  Extras! 1.  Mutilations of Farm Animals 2.  The Five Freedoms 3.  Painism 4.  The Forgotten Fur 5.  The Golden Rule 6.  Human Overpopulation 7.  Climate Change 8.  Think Like an Animal Appendix 1 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity. Appendix 2 Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare.

How to Do Animal Rights - And Win the War on Animals Chapter 7 Animal Numbers Raised & Killed 2. Chickens Summary People kill over 70 billion chickens annually worldwide (Table 1). Of these, about 30 billion chickens are broilers, 5 billion are egg-layers, plus tens of millions of breeders. This total doubles when male chicks (killed at hatching) are added (Table 1). Three countries produce over half the world's broilers: the US, China and Brazil (Table 2). The number of broilers is increasing by about a billion a year (Table 2). Types of Chicken The four categories of commercial chicken are: Broiler (to eat) Egg-layer (to lay eggs) Breeder (males and females who breed the broilers and egg-layers) Male chicks (killed at hatching) Virtually all broilers and egg-layers are dead by the end of a year and are replaced by new hens. Almost all adult chickens are hens (males do not taste as good as hens, cannot lay eggs and relatively few males are needed to breed more hens). But a male chick hatches for every female chick. So male chicks are killed soon after hatching and turned into fertiliser and pet food. Broilers.      Courtesy Farm Sanctuary. Egg-layers.      Courtesy Farm Sanctuary. Table 1. Breakdown of Chicken Numbers Worldwide Official statistics almost always only report broiler, egg-layer and breeder numbers. Virtually all of these animals are females (only a few males are needed for breeding). But an equal number of male chicks are hatched. Therefore, to get an idea of how may chickens people kill, you must include the male chicks. This doubles the worldwide annual total of chickens killed to at least 70 billion. Table 1. Breakdown of Chicken Numbers Worldwide Broilers 30 billion (see Table 2) Egg-layers 5 billion (see Table 3) Breeders Several millions (60 million in the US alone) Male chicks 35 billion (ie equals the number of hens) World Total 70 billion Table 2. Number of Broilers Produced Annually About 30 billion broilers are alive in any one year. Three countries produce over half (60 percent) of them: US, China and Brazil. Worldwide the number of broilers is increasing by about a billion per year. Table 2. Number of Broilers Produced Annually. Top ten countries & Worldwide for years 2003 to 2008. Figures are in billions.   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 United States 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.3 China 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.7 Brazil 3.8 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.3 European Union - 27 states 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.0 Mexico 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 India 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 Russian Federation 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 Argentina 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 Japan 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Thailand 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 Others 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.7 World Total 27.4 28.2 29.8 30.3 31.5 32.2 Source. Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade. United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Global Analysis. Circular Series DL&P 2-07 November 2007. www.fas.usda.gov. (Web site accessed February 2008.) Notes for Table 2 Note that figures are in billions. Thus the total number of broilers produced for 2007 was about 32 billion. The original USDA data included only the countries which are the major animal producers. Therefore the World Total in Table 2 is a minimum figure. USDA figures for 2007 are preliminary and for 2008 an estimate. The original data, from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), were in tonnes of ready to cook chickens (that is chickens minus heads, feet and internal organs). The live slaughter weight of US broilers, according to USDA information, averages around 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs); therefore ready to cook weight will be about 2 kg (4.4 lbs). Assuming that US broilers are among the heaviest in the world, an average of 2 kg per broiler worldwide was used to generate the figures in Table 2 and may give a conservative estimate of broiler numbers. USDA state that their data are based on "USDA-FAS attaché reports, official statistics, and results of office research". Table 3. Number of Egg-laying Hens There are five billion egg-laying hens worldwide. China produces most egg-laying hens (one in five) and the US is the second largest producer. Egg-layers made 53 million tonnes of eggs in 2002 (The World Egg Industry - a few facts and figures. International Egg Commission). After a year of laying eggs the hens are clapped out, sent for slaughter (end up in pet food and cheap pies) and a new annual cycle begins with replacement hens. Table 3. Number of Egg-laying Hens. The top five egg production countries and Worldwide, 2002. Countries Number of Hens China 1,000,000,000 USA 276,000,000 Japan 152,000,000 India 133,000,000 Mexico 115,000,000 World Total 5,000,000,000 Sources. The World Egg Industry - a few facts and figures. International Egg Commission. (Web site accessed February 2008.) Info for Japan (for 2001) from Hens & Eggs, Vegan Society, (web site accessed February 2008), citing Statement on the Welfare of Laying Hens, 2001. International Egg Commission. General Notes A precise count of the number of chickens worldwide is impossible. Therefore figures in these Tables are rounded to avoid spurious accuracy and totals do not necessarily add up.

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