Where have all the emus gone? We have about a quarter as many as we did two decades ago. Llama and ostriches plunged even more precipitously. Classic farm animals are doing fine. Unconventional animals aren’t.
The analysis by Andrew Van Dam shows population maps, charts and the often shaky economics of these unconventional animal markets.
Source: The Washington Post, March 8, 2024. Link.
From 2002 to 2022, we lost 83 percent of our ostriches, 79 percent of our llamas, 74 percent of our emus and 63 percent of our elk.