40,000 kilometers =
25,000 miles =
1. Japan, Norway and Iceland
slaughter some 2,000 whales
in total per year for meat, and rising. At about 10 meters (1 m =
3.3') per whale, a single file of 2,000 dead whales would stretch
20 km =
13 miles along a
highway. A Funeral Motorcade for the
Whales within a city would go for
100 city blocks.
2. Japan alone slaughters
22,000 dolphins a year
for meat. At about 2 meters per dolphin, a single file of 22,000
dead dolphins would line a highway for
44 km =
28 miles. A
Funeral Motorcade for the Dolphins within a city
would go for 220 city blocks.
3. Canada slaughters
325,000 seals a year for pelt, oil and
penis, all banned in the U.S. At one meter per seal, a single file
of 325,000 seals along an American highway would stretch over
325 km or
200 miles.
The 25,000 miles covered by the
Funeral Motorcade for the Seals
would represent 125X this dead-seal line.
4. More than
10 million dogs are euthanized in the U.S.
each year. At one meter per dog, the dead-dog line would stretch
10,000 km, or
6250 miles.
The entire 40,000-km/25,000-mi
Funeral Motorcade for the Dogs
would represent only 4X the dead-dog line. From LA to NYC is
only 2,800 miles. In other words, the dead-dog line would go from
LA to NYC and back, and still have 650 miles
left over.
5. About
35 million cows are slaughtered for meat in
the U.S. each year. At 2 meters per cow, the dead-cow line will
stretch 70,000 km or
45,000 miles,
or about 2X the length of the entire
Funeral Motorcade for the Cows,
or about 16X the distance between LA
and NYC.
6. About
100 million pigs are slaughtered for meat in
the U.S. each year. At 1.5 meters per pig, the dead-pig line would
stretch 150,000 km or
95,000 miles,
or about 4X the Funeral Motorcade for the
Pigs, or
34X the distance between LA and NYC.
7. About
10 billion chickens are slaughtered for meat in
the U.S. each year. At 3 chickens per meter, 10 billion dead
chickens would form a line of 3.3
million km or 2 million
miles, or
about 750X the distance between LA and
NYC, or more
than 8X the distance between the Earth
and the Moon (385,000 km), or 132X the length of the
Funeral Motorcade for the Chickens
(25,000 miles).
The purpose of the Funeral
Motorcade is to move the public to action through media by
converting dry numbers into heart-rending visions.
Local animal advocacy groups and
activists will join the motorcade with their own cars for finite
distances as media events when Anthony Marr passes through their
state.
Details will be forthcoming when
available.
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