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White Papers
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Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS)
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An HSUS Report: The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate Change
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The farm animal production sector is the single largest anthropogenic user of land, contributing to soil
degradation, dwindling water supplies, and air pollution, in addition to detrimentally impacting rural and urban communities, public health, and animal welfare. The breadth of this sector’s global impacts has been largely underestimated and underappreciated. Indeed, meat, egg, and milk production are not narrowly focused on the direct rearing and slaughtering of farm animals. Rather, the animal agriculture sector encompasses grain and fertilizer production, substantial water use, and significant energy expenditures to transport feed, farm animals, and finished meat, egg, and dairy products. |
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An HSUS Report: The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate Change (pages: 28)
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