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. 2023 Oct 4;18(10):e0291791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291791

Table 12. Terrestrial animals killed for food in 2020, within the US, used within the diets of dogs, cats and humans.

Totals were sourced from FAOSTAT [52].

  US total (2020) Humans (80.0%) Dogs (17.7%) Cats (2.3%) Dogs and cats (20.0%)
Poultry 9,592,147,000 7,673,717,600 1,697,810,019 220,619,381 1,918,429,400
Pigs 131,639,000 105,311,200 23,300,103 3,027,697 26,327,800
Bovine animals 33,366,100 26,692,880 5,905,800 767,420 6,673,220
Sheep and goats 2,942,800 2,354,240 520,876 67,684 588,560
Other land animals 77,594 62,075 13,734 1,785 15,519
Totals 9,760,172,494 7,808,137,995 1,727,550,531 224,483,967 1,952,034,499