There’s a great graphic showing the rate at which cows, pigs and chickens are slaughtered in the United States.  Check it out at: AnimalVisuals.org. As it shows, one cow/steer is killed every time your heart beats, while nearly 300 chickens are killed every second.

Such a tool is incredibly important when it comes to helping eductate people to make sense of the kinds of real numbers of animals being slaughtered behind closed doors and peoples imaginations.

Rate of Animals Slaughtered in the USA, 2008