In 170 Years, Wild Mammal Biomass Has Halved, While Livestock Biomass Has Quintupled. 95% of Mammals on Earth Are Now Livestock and Humans, Leaving Only 5% for Wildlife
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In 170 Years, Wild Mammal Biomass Has Halved, While Livestock Biomass Has Quintupled. 95% of Mammals on Earth Are Now Livestock and Humans, Leaving Only 5% for Wildlife
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95% of mammals’ biomass is humans and livestock, not total population. Livestock and humans weigh more than most mammals
So… which one should I eat?
Iceland, Japan and Norway (plus some indigenous peoples) continue to legally eat whale … here’s the whale biomass lost (from the cited Nature article).
https://preview.redd.it/frispz9vnpyf1.png?width=1196&format=png&auto=webp&s=72a7fb5038dc94b0eacee7495ea0e8bbfd56a27f
I’m a bit skeptical of such figures. Livestock is tracked, somewhat, but wildlife is largely a guess.