Japanese Livestock Numbers
16/03/11 -- Pondering the implications of a widespread radiation leakage in Japan, if one were to occur, I've done a bit of research into livestock numbers over there in comparison with those at home.
I'm not really that Jock/Taff-phobic, but the most recent fully updated across all sectors of the livestock industry I could find were in relation to Defra's June 2010 census which only gave detailed results for England.
If lamb is your bag then I wouldn't bother going there, that's all I can say. Anyway here's the numbers for comparison:
I'm not really that Jock/Taff-phobic, but the most recent fully updated across all sectors of the livestock industry I could find were in relation to Defra's June 2010 census which only gave detailed results for England.
If lamb is your bag then I wouldn't bother going there, that's all I can say. Anyway here's the numbers for comparison:
Japan | England | |
| Cattle | 4.6m | 5.5m |
| Pigs | 9.6m | 3.6m |
| Chickens | 294m | 125m |
| Sheep | 11k | 14.2m |