Week 3: Farmed Birds
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Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, World, 1961 to 2023 (1 minute)
While farmed chickens are much less numerous than farmed fish or farmed invertebrates, chickens are by far the most slaughtered land vertebrate (in the ballpark of 10x all the other land vertebrates combined).
Every second, 10 cows, 47 pigs, and 2,400 chickens are slaughtered for meat - Our World in Data (1 minute)
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Broiler Chicken Welfare | Open Philanthropy (5 minutes)
Discusses the problem of broiler chicken suffering, and some arguments for prioritizing the cause area (eg cost effectiveness, clear evidence on bird sentience).
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Cage-Free Reforms | Open Philanthropy (5 minutes)
Discusses some arguments for prioritizing cage-free reforms (eg cost effectiveness, clear evidence on bird sentience).
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