Meat Industry
Globally, more than 65,000,000 rodents are killed for human consumption each year.1
Trapping
In the United States, 791,801 musk rats; 264,539 beavers; and 53,792 nutria were killed by trappers in 2002. (These figures represent the MINIMUM number of animals killed—some animals may not have been reported.)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., 2003
