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“This analysis does not mean to imply that dog and cat ownership should be curtailed for environmental reasons
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: silo13
"Because they eat meat". In other words, this is an indirect swipe against human meat-eating. The same logic would say "kill humans to save the planet". Perhaps it will come to that.
"However, without large-scale reduction in their number and changes to the food system that drastically reduces the per-capita animal product consumption, the environmental and energetic impact of these animals will remain significant."https://patch.com/california/hollywood/fido-fluffy-are-hurting-environment-ucla-study-says
Dogs and cats are responsible for 25 to 30 percent of the impacts of meat production in the United States, said Orkin. Compared to a plant-based diet, meat production “requires more energy, land and water and has greater environmental consequences in terms of erosion, pesticides and waste,” the study found.
originally posted by: UKTruth
The global warming religion gets crazier by the day - this is literally a breaking news headline on CNN right now:
"Weather disasters to impact 2 out of 3 Europeans by 2100, study says"
Seriously, these people rarely get a weather forecast correct more than 10 days out, yet are predicting the next 83 years.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: Grimpachi
All liberals and leftists are non pet owning, vegans.