Its got to be in the billions, not thousands.
I can hear their screams... Where’s John Edwards when you need him...
"You DO realize that the bulk of human food comes from the reproductive organs and unborn children of penniless innocent plants? Why, at least I have the decency to kill my food BEFORE I eat it; while you thoughtless vegans munch those salad greens ALIVE, cold-heartedly. Why, if I put some EEG electrodes on those leaves, we could see the registration of their pain!!!
"My God, how cruel..." (turn away and sob in empathy)