The Number of Cows On Earth

There are an unbelievable number of cows on this planet.

If you piled up all of the mammals on Earth, this chart shows how comparably heavy each bit of that pile would be.

Nature documentaries make it look as though the world is full of wild mammals, but they only contribute 4% of the pile.

34% of the pile would be humans, another 22% would be our domesticated mammals (pigs, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, pet squirrels etc.),

Apart from cattle…

Cows and buffalo would make up 40% of the pile by themselves.

In Brazil, Argentina and Australia, there are more cows than people.

It’s time to start turning this around…