Farmed animals

More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs.

Cows are reared for beef, veal and their milk. Find out more about the lives of cows and their calves.

While pigs are sometimes depicted as being dirty and gluttonous, the truth is that they are highly intelligent animals.

One of the first farmed animals, sheep have been reared for thousands of years for meat and milk.

Globally, more than 650 million turkeys per year are raised for meat. More than a third of them are raised in the US.