"The world is consuming more animal protein than it needs and this is having a devastating effect on wildlife," Duncan Williamson, WWF food policy manager said in a statement. "A staggering 60% of global biodiversity loss is down to the food we eat. just less than 10 times Delhi's) to produce soy used for animal feed, the report said. To keep up with rising meat consumption, soy production is expected to rise 80% by 2050.The WWF warned the meat has become less nutritious as well, since intensive animal farming has been linked to declining healthy omega-3 content of animal products and a rise in unhealthy saturated fat. It claimed you would have to eat six intensively reared chickens today to gain the same amount of omega-3 fatty acid found in just one chicken in the 1970s.

Source: Times of India October 07, 2017 05:01 UTC