It’s been estimated that there are 900 to 2,000 new cases every year of animal hoarding in the US, with 250,000 animals falling victim.

Over 15 million animals are killed in animal testing every year.

More than 50% the fur in the US comes from China, where millions of dogs and cats are often bled to death and skinned alive for their fur. Chinese fur is often mislabeled, so if you wear any fur, there’s no foolproof way of knowing whose skin you’re in. 

There’s a 96% chance that an elephant attraction keeps its elephants in appalling living conditions.

66,000 dogs and 21,000 cats are subjected to testing every year.

The majority of animal and pet abuse cases are never brought to light

Every 60 seconds, a single animal suffers from neglect.

Almost 65% of all abused animals are dogs.

Every year, more than 10 million animals die from abuse in the US alone.

From 2008 to 2015, more than 80,000 Greyhounds became part of the racing industry.

In 2006, 3 slaughterhouses in the US killed and processed 104,000 horses for human consumption.

On average, 250,000 animals every year are victims of animal hoarding.

Statistics on animal abuse reveal that there are over 10,000 puppy mills in the United States.

1/3 of parrot species are in danger of being extinct because of the exotic bird trade.

Every year, more than 115 million animals in the world are used for laboratory experiments.

About 97% of all animals that are tortured and killed every year are farm animals.

Every year, more than 6.5 million animals enter animal shelters.

• • 1.5 million get euthanized.

About 75,000 dogs are abused in US labs every year.

About 19,000 cats are abused in US labs every year.

Over 100 million sharks are killed every year illegally, primarily to make shark’s fin soup.

There is 408 part​s per million carbon dioxide, the highest in 3 million years.

2016 ​was the warmest year on record.

 The worst impacts of climate change could be irreversible by 2030

More than 1 million species are at risk of extinction by climate change.

There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any point in the last 800,000 years.

Though Americans make up just 4 percent of the world's population, we produce 25 percent of the carbon dioxide pollution from fossil-fuel burning.

Since 1870, global sea levels have risen by about 8 inches.

If everyone in the world lived the way people do in the U.S., it would take five Earths to provide enough resources for everyone

Average global sea level is expected to rise 7 – 23 inches before the end of this century

The Arctic region may have its first completely ice-free summer by 2040

99.84% of the land in the state of California is suffering from drought

Climate change is creating a refugee crisis

We use more of the earth's resources than it can renew