Animal Cruelty Facts and Statistics

A list compiled of animal cruelty facts and animals cruelty statistics.  We will be adding more over time so please check back often and feel free to send us any updates or additions you see fit.

• 70% of animal abusers also have records of other crimes
• 3 to 4 million young, healthy and adoptable cats and dogs are euthanized every year in shelters
• Scientist estimate that 100 species of animals go extinct every single day
• 71 % of domestic violence victims report that their abusers also targeted their animal.
• According to the FBI, cruelty to animals is a common trait of serial rapists and murderers. Serial killers often start out by killing and torturing animals as children.

• 250,000 bulls die every year in bullfighting
• Many states do not include livestock in their cruelty laws
• 17 to 22 million animals are tested on every year
• 496 animal species are endangered in the US
• 9 billion chickens and 112 million pigs are killed for food in the US every year
• 18 red foxes are killed to make one fox fur coat and 55 minks are killed to make one mink coat

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•  Elephants who perform in circuses are often kept in chains for as long as 23 hours a day from the time they are babies
• Tens of thousands of horses are slaughtered each year to be used for horsemeat in Europe and Asia.
• In 2010, there were more farm animals living in the U.S. than there were humans on earth.
• 5% of animal cruelty cases involve dogs
• The Greyhound Protection League estimates that more than 1 million unwanted racing greyhounds have been culled (killed) by the industry since the 1930s.
• Almost half of all antibiotics in the U.S. end up in animal feed. Milk-fed veal contains as much as 500 times the legal tolerance levels of antibiotics.

• According to USDA inspectors, chickens that pass inspection for human consumption include those stained with feces, those visibly dripping with pus, and those that containing precancerous tumors. Government inspectors have less than 2 seconds to examine each chicken on the production line.

• Kid goats are boiled alive to make gloves.
• Kangaroos are slaughtered by the millions every year; their skins are considered prime material for soccer shoes.
• During Canada's annual commercial seal slaughter, as many as 300,000 seals are shot or bludgeoned.
• Animals caught in traps can suffer for days before succumbing to exposure, shock, or attacks by predators.