These Are The States That Kill the Most Animals

These Are The States That Kill the Most Animals
Amend Packing Company owner Kent Weise butchers beef, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. Demand for local beef is surging but people who slaughter cattle and slice the beef into steaks say few people want to go into the business. Nationally, there were 1,200 federally inspected livestock slaughterhouses in the U.S. in 1990. By 2010 the number had dropped to 800. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Amend Packing Company owner Kent Weise butchers beef, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. Demand for local beef is surging but people who slaughter cattle and slice the beef into steaks say few people want to go into the business. Nationally, there were 1,200 federally inspected livestock slaughterhouses in the U.S. in 1990. By 2010 the number had dropped to 800. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The United States consumes the most meat per capita of any nation in the world. As of 2009, Americans consumed an average of 265 pounds of meat per person annually, dwarfing the global average of 92 pounds per person.

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