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 4. Beef Cattle Summary People keep about 1,300,000,000 beef cattle worldwide (this excludes dairy cattle) (Table 1). Over half the world's beef cattle live in three countries: India, Brazil and China (Table 1). People kill about 300 million beef cattle annually worldwide (Table 2). Half the world's beef cattle are killed in three countries: India, Brazil and China (Table 2). The total number of beef cattle people kill worldwide is increasing by about four million annually (Table 2). Table 1. Number of Beef Cattle People Keep Worldwide. Top ten countries & Worldwide, 2003 to 2008. Figures are in millions.   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 India 341 339 339 339 339 339 Brazil 206 212 218 226 235 245 China Republic 182 189 195 198 199 202 United States 124 132 133 134 134 134 European Union - 27 125 123 122 120 119 118 Argentina 65 66 65 65 67 67 Australia 37 37 37 38 38 38 Mexico 36 36 35 35 34 34 Russian Federation 32 31 29 27 26 26 Canada 19 20 20 20 19 19 Others 102 98 94 94 92 85 World Total 1,280 1,282 1,288 1,297 1,304 1,307 Source. Based on 'Live Cattle Selected Countries Summary'. 'Total Cattle Beginning Stocks' plus 'Production (Calf Crop)' In 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 1 The source for this table is the USDA, who state their data are based on "USDA-FAS attaché reports, official statistics, and results of office research". USDA say the cattle are adults and calves raised for meat and exclude dairy cattle but include buffalo for India. The USDA figures for 2007 are preliminary and are estimates for 2008. USDA data included two classes of cattle: 'Total Beginning Stocks' and 'Production Crop'. Total Beginning Stocks are the animals alive at the start of the year and most of these animals are used to breed the Production Crop for the year. Virtually all the Production Stock is killed for food (some would replace Beginning Stock). The figures in this table include both categories. The World Total in this table is a minimum figure. One reason is that the original USDA data do not include every country, although they do include the world's major animal producing countries. Furthermore, the USDA figures are based on cattle who are officially counted (eg at farms and slaughterhouses); cattle slaughtered outside official premises may not be counted. For example, non-walking cattle (ie "non-ambulatory" cattle, too injured to walk) may be killed before they get to the slaughterhouse and not counted. In the US alone, non-walking cattle totalled 465,000 in 2003, including 185,000 calves, and 450,000 in 2004, including 180,000 calves ('calves' in this case are cattle under 230 kg / 500 lbs). Livestock are impossible to count accurately. Therefore I round these figures to the nearest million to avoid spurious accuracy and totals do not necessarily add up exactly. How reliable are USDA statistics? Much the same number of cattle and the same top ten countries are found in another USDA table (Table 7-5. Cattle and buffalo: Number in specified countries, 2002–2005, Agricultural Statistics, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2007; web site accessed February 2008.), but the number of cattle is slightly less, totalling around a billion cattle kept annually worldwide. Thus USDA statistics may be acceptably reliable given that the actual number of cattle worldwide cannot be counted accurately. Table 2. Number of Beef Cattle People Kill Worldwide. Top ten countries & Worldwide, 2003 to 2008. Figures are in millions.   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 China 52 54 57 58 60 62 Brazil 45 46 48 52 54 58 India 55 56 56 57 57 57 United State 38 38 38 38 37 37 European Union - 27 33 32 32 30 30 30 Argentina 14 15 15 16 15 15 Australia 9 10 10 10 10 10 Mexico 7 7 8 8 8 8 Russian Federation 9 8 8 8 7 7 Canada 6 5 6 5 5 5 Others 24 23 23 23 23 21 World Total 292 296 301 304 308 312 Source. Based on Live Cattle Selected Countries Summary. Production (Calf Crop). In 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 The notes for Table 1 also apply to this table. Cattle numbers in this table are only the 'Production Crop' (see Notes for Table 1).

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