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lamb.
17
Indeed, such paradoxical ethics amount to consumption patterns worldwide
which saw 15.77 metric kilotons of slaughtered sheep in 2020, or over 32 million
pounds (divided by 135 pounds—the average weight of a sheep at slaughter) equaling 237,000 murdered sheep, and a standing “head” figure of well over one billion.
18
17 See “The Reason You Won’t Often Find Often Fine Lamb At A Jewish Passover Meal,” One For
Israel, https://www.oneforisrael.org/bible-based-teaching-from-israel/holidays/reason-wont-findlamb-jewish-passover-meal/, Accessed May 11, 2019.
18 See “Projected sheep meat consumption worldwide from 2014 to 2026,” statista, https://www.
statista.com/statistics/739976/sheep-meat-consumption-worldwide/, Accessed June 9, 2020.
Fig. 25.4 Slaughterhouse for Sheep and Goat. (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
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lamb.
17
Indeed, such paradoxical ethics amount to consumption patterns worldwide
which saw 15.77 metric kilotons of slaughtered sheep in 2020, or over 32 million
pounds (divided by 135 pounds—the average weight of a sheep at slaughter) equaling 237,000 murdered sheep, and a standing “head” figure of well over one billion.
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17 See “The Reason You Won’t Often Find Often Fine Lamb At A Jewish Passover Meal,” One For
Israel, https://www.oneforisrael.org/bible-based-teaching-from-israel/holidays/reason-wont-findlamb-jewish-passover-meal/, Accessed May 11, 2019.
18 See “Projected sheep meat consumption worldwide from 2014 to 2026,” statista, https://www.
statista.com/statistics/739976/sheep-meat-consumption-worldwide/, Accessed June 9, 2020.
Fig. 25.4 Slaughterhouse for Sheep and Goat. (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
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