Question: how many pigs are slaughtered each year?
Answer: Over a billion farmed animals in Britain are killed each year in slaughterhouses. This include over 10 million pigs, over 15 million sheep, 14 million turkeys, 15 million ducks and geese, 982 million broiler chickens, 50 million boiling fowl (including so-called 'spent' hens) and over 2.6 million cattle.