HOG HOLOCAUST

There's a little bit of Nazi in all of us when it comes to feeding ourselves. For example, the number of hogs raised for slaughter in North Carolina slightly exceeds that state's human population. One pig raised specifically for slaughter to every person in that state. The vast majority of these animals are raised in factory farms where they are treated like any other mass-produced object. But they are not inanimate objects. In fact, pigs are extremely intelligent and also share many compatible physical characteristics with human beings.

Corporate media have done a good job of demonizing PETA animal advocates. Urban animal advocates devote more time and energy trying to defend pit bulls than the animals who end up on their plates. Perhaps that is because urban Americans are becoming more like pit bulls than cows. Corporate media have also waged a strong campaign against Vegan vegetarians. Why? Because corporate meat producers, like tobacco producers and petrochemical producers, are motivated purely by greed. 

Meat production for all 7+ billion human beings is already unsustainable. It is contributing to climate change and environmental deterioration. But the meat industry will never self-regulate itself out of business. Only consumers with a conscience can do this. Below are the statistics for animal slaughter in the U.S. from 1950 on. Think about it. 

U.S. Slaughter Totals, by Species (1950 - 2015*) : Totals

	Updated June 25, 2015
	Year	Cattle	Chickens	Ducks	Hogs	Sheep & Lambs	Turkeys	Total
		(thousands of animals)						(billions of animals)
	1950	17,901	N/A	N/A	69,543	12,852	N/A	0.1
	1955	25,723	N/A	N/A	74,216	16,215	N/A	0.1
	1960	25,224	1,644,026	10,086	79,036	15,899	70,702	1.8
	1965	32,398	2,192,378	10,455	73,852	13,008	92,720	2.4
	1970	35,416	2,946,294	11,833	87,012	21,354	105,549	3.2
	1975	41,464	3,097,430	11,458	69,824	15,892	119,445	3.4
	1980	34,116	4,132,177	16,875	97,174	11,322	159,071	4.5
	1985	36,593	4,617,280	21,608	84,938	6,300	175,181	4.9
	1990	33,439	6,022,450	20,913	85,432	11,403	271,199	6.4
	1995	35,817	7,530,847	19,528	96,536	4,631	281,032	8
	2000	36,416	8,426,141	24,494	98,106	3,527	268,069	8.9
	2001	35,530	8,566,382	26,260	98,082	3,290	269,302	9
	2002	35,888	8,716,099	23,998	100,378	3,351	271,244	9.2
	2003	35,647	8,684,434	24,301	101,043	3,042	267,781	9.1
	2004	32,880	8,895,748	25,967	103,573	2,906	254,308	9.3
	2005	32,539	9,000,473	27,890	103,690	2,763	248,094	9.4
	2006	33,849	8,968,666	28,025	104,842	2,766	254,716	9.4
	2007	34,264	9,035,620	27,311	109,172	2,694	264,926	9.5
	2008	34,365	9,075,261	24,149	116,452	2,556	271,245	9.5
	2009	33,338	8,658,860	22,767	113,618	2,516	245,768	9.1
	2010	34,249	8,790,478	23,627	110,260	2,458	242,619	9.2
	2011	34,087	8,683,067	24,472	110,860	2,164	246,844	9.1
	2012	32,951	8,576,194	24,183	113,163	2,183	250,192	9
	2013	32,459	8,648,756	24,575	112,126	2,314	239,385	9.1
	2014	30,170	8,666,662	26,368	106,876	2,309	236,617	9.1
	2014*	9,970	2,817,740	8,491	35,990	760	72,814	2.9
	2015*	9,350	2,892,851	9,358	38,399	734	77,134	3
	% Change	-6.2%	2.7%	10.2%	6.7%	-3.4%	5.9%	2.8%
	* Year to date through April