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 6. Meat Consumption This page summarises the amount of meat people eat worldwide and is based on official statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Animals and meat on this page mean livestock and poultry and exclude sea food. For fish see Chapter 7: Fish. Summary People eat about 250,000,000 tonnes of meat annually worldwide (Table 1). China consumes more meat than any other country (Table 1), but not on average per person (Table 2). People in China, United States and Brazil combined eat half the world's meat (Table 1). Each human eats 40 kilograms of meat annually on average worldwide (Table 2). On average, each person in the top ten meat-eating countries eats three times (123 kilograms per person) the amount of meat eaten worldwide (Table 2). People in New Zealand eat more meat per person on average than any other country (Table 2). The amount of meat people eat is growing by about five million tonnes per year (Table 1). More & More Meat The figures of meat consumption in the tables below are based on statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO started collecting records in 1961. Their statistics show that the average amount of meat consumed per person has doubled over the last 40 years, increasing steadily from 21 kilograms per person in 1961 to 40 kilograms per person in 2002. Most of this growth is in the developing countries as their populations and incomes increase. China, for example, eats over 20 times its 1961 tonnage. However, although China is the biggest meat eating country (Table 1) the average consumption per Chinese is 52 kg per year, way below America at 125 kg of meat per human per year (Table 2) and western European counties, such as Britain at 80 kg of meat per human annually. In addition to meat, people are consuming more eggs and milk and this increased consumption has been called the 'Livestock Revolution'. Minimum Human Meat Consumption These FAO statistics exclude fish. To include fish in human meat consumption you might add about an extra third to the tables below (which are for livestock and poultry only). However, the results will still be minimum figures of human meat consumption. It is not possible to collect totally accurate statistics about millions of animals from all over the world. As FAO admits, "Data is reported by individual countries, which may have varying capacities for data collection." Therefore the statistics on this page are only a rough guide to consumed animal tonnage and should be look upon as minimum figures. Meat Consumption per Country Table 1. Meat Consumption per Country. Top Ten Countries & Worldwide, 1998 - 2002. Meat in this Table means livestock and poultry only. Millions of metric tonnes.   1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 China 59 60 64 65 68 United States 33 35 35 35 36 Brazil 12 13 14 14 15 Germany 7 7 7 7 7 Russian Federation 7 6 6 7 7 France 6 6 6 6 6 Japan 5 6 6 6 6 Mexico 5 5 6 6 6 India 5 5 5 5 6 Italy 5 5 5 5 5 World 224 228 234 238 247 Based on statistics collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT on-line statistical service (FAO: Rome, 2005). Earth Trends, World Resources Institute, displays FAO statistics online as the Agriculture and Food Searchable Database. Table 1 is from Meat Consumption: Total (accessed online February 2008). Average Annual Meat Consumption per Human Table 2. Average Annual Meat Consumption per Human. Top Ten Countries & Worldwide, 1998 - 2002. Meat in this Table means livestock and poultry only. Kilograms of meat per human.   1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 New Zealand 140 138 122 147 142 Luxembourg NA NA 147 134 142 Bahamas 123 141 152 135 124 Denmark 126 130 130 139 146 Cyprus 126 132 134 132 131 United States 120 124 122 120 125 Spain 115 114 112 115 119 French Polynesia 105 103 107 109 112 Canada 103 107 107 108 108 France 102 100 100 103 101 World 38 38 39 39 40 Based on statistics collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT on-line statistical service (FAO: Rome, 2005). Earth Trends, World Resources Institute, displays FAO statistics online as the Agriculture and Food Searchable Database. Table 2 is from Meat Consumption per Capita (accessed online February 2008). Notes for Tables 1 & 2 FAO defines meat consumption as "...the total meat retained for use in country for each country per year. Total meat includes meat from animals slaughtered in countries, irrespective of their origin, and comprises horsemeat, poultry, and meat from all other domestic or wild animals such as camels, rabbits, reindeer, and game animals." Conclusion For the foreseeable future, perhaps for as long as humanity persists, billions of animals will continue their cataclysmic fall down the abyssal human throat.

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