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Sentience Institute

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Sentience Institute is a interdisciplinary think tank researching long-term social and technological change, particularly moral circle expansion.

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US Factory Farming Estimates

How many animals are factory farmed? We estimate that 99% of US farmed animals are living in factory farms at present. By species, we estimate that 74.9% of cows, 98.6% of pigs, 99.8% of turkeys, 98.3% of chickens raised for eggs, and over 99.9% of chickens raised for meat are living in factory farms. Based on the…