What is the carbon pawprint of pet food?
3 years, 9 months ago

What is the carbon pawprint of pet food?

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Is your adorable puppy as bad for the planet as a gas-guzzling SUV? For Sebastien Lefebvre, from Lyon's VetAgro-Sup veterinary school, carbon emissions from conventional mass-produced animal food was "negligible". He said emissions from pet food would only be a concern "when mankind stops food waste completely vegetarian." Pim Martens, professor of sustainable development at Maastricht University, said that—as with humans—animal carbon footprints "depend on where you live in the world". "Maybe from the ecological pawprint point of view, everyone should get a lizard or a big spider instead of a dog," said Martens.

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Carbon Pawprint: Man's Furry Best Friends Might Just be Harming the Planet
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Carbon Pawprint: Man's Furry Best Friends Might Just be Harming the Planet

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Is your adorable puppy as bad for the planet as a gas-guzzling SUV? For Sebastien Lefebvre, from Lyon’s VetAgro-Sup veterinary school, carbon emissions from conventional mass-produced animal food was “negligible”. He said emissions from pet food would only be a concern “when mankind stops food waste completely vegetarian.” He said that unfashionable cuts of meat, including offal, which many humans …

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