Guess the relevance!!!

It's time for yet another game: Guess the relevance!

Americans suck at animal rights, says Peter Singer. More importantly, though, we suck at animal rights compared to Europe. Blah blah facts laws commentary etc., but check out this amazingly disgusting fact:

Around 10 billion farm animals are killed every year by US meat, egg, and dairy industries; the estimated number of animals killed for research every year is 20 million to 30 million, a mere 0.3 of that number.

This is the last we hear about research purposes in the op-ed. Judging from the use of 'mere,' I think we're supposed to conclude that not enough animals are being killed for research... or... uh... something. (quick question: Does that number include fruit flies?)

Anyway, guess the relevance!

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 8/19/2005 10:58:00 PM #
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The distressing part is that he's written "0.3 of that number," not "0.3% of that number."

I assume the relevance comes from the fact that many people feel that use of animals in research is more legitimate than their use in food production. Singer is, by pointing out the proportions involved, preserving the numerical power of his statistics when the disputed class is removed.

-- Xn

# posted by  Anonymous : 11:04 AM, August 20, 2005

 

Really? I often hear of it the other way. As animals, we eat, but we don't need to subject other animals to our experiments, or some such.

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 2:48 PM, August 20, 2005

 

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