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# Wasted lives, wasted meat: 18 billion animals killed for naught.
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/wasted-lives-wasted-meat-18-billion-animals-killed-for-naught/
- Published: 2023-12-19T02:44:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:35:06.000Z
- Description: Although this news is unrelated to synthetic technologies, I thought it too shocking not to share. A staggering 18 billion farm animals die or get slaughtered each year without ever becoming food, producing 52 million tons of wasted meat and suffering, researchers showed. Deve...
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

Although this news is unrelated to synthetic technologies, I thought it too shocking not to share. A staggering 18 billion farm animals die or get slaughtered each year without ever becoming food, producing 52 million tons of wasted meat and suffering, researchers showed. Developed countries like the US are the worst offenders, with excessive supermarket stocking and oversized restaurant portions leaving livestock casualties rotting away uneaten. I think it is time to change our behaviour; perhaps we can use [AI](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-speaker/) to help.

Read the full article on [Leiden University](https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/11/18-billion-animals-a-year-they-do-die-but-never-end-up-on-our-plate?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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