How Many Animals Are Killed for Food Every Year? PETA’s Victories for Animals Used for Food For decades, PETA’s ads, articles, and bold protests have revealed the horrors that the meat and dairy industries try so hard to hide-and the public can’t help but take notice. Our hard-hitting campaigns and eye-opening investigations show people the reality of using animals for food. That’s why we work behind the scenes with companies to get delicious vegan options added at restaurants across the country, among other efforts. PETA and our millions of supporters around the world know that animals aren’t ours to use for food-they’re unique, feeling individuals with their own wants and needs. PETA Is at the Forefront of Stopping the Abuse of Animals Used for Food Most won’t even feel the warmth of the sun on their backs or breathe fresh air until the day they’re loaded onto trucks headed for slaughterhouses. Animals used for food will never raise their families, root around in the soil, build nests, or do anything else that’s natural and important to them.

Billions of fish-along with “nontarget” animals, including sharks, sea turtles, birds, seals, and whales-are caught each year by the commercial fishing industry. On today’s farms, animals used for food are crammed by the thousands into filthy, windowless sheds or stuffed into wire cages, metal crates, and other torturous devices.

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