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Save the planet: time to eat dog?
TANYA KATTERNS
The
Dominion Post
Thursday, Oct 22nd, 2009
The eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of
a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a year, researchers
have found.
Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects
who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should
swap cats and dogs for creatures they can eat, such as chickens
or rabbits, in their provocative new book Time to Eat the Dog:
The real guide to sustainable living.
The couple have assessed the carbon emissions created by popular
pets, taking into account the ingredients of pet food and the
land needed to create them.
"If you have a German shepherd or similar-sized dog, for
example, its impact every year is exactly the same as driving
a large car around," Brenda Vale said.
"A lot of people worry about having SUVs but they don't
worry about having Alsatians and what we are saying is, well,
maybe you should be because the environmental impact ... is
comparable."
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