‘It’s like having a vegan cat’ – Wash Post: ‘Why you should consider bunnies as your next pet’ – Rabbits have ‘minimal pawprint’ while ‘cats & dogs have an outsize carbon footprint’
WaPo’s ‘Climate Advice Columnist’ – February 20, 2024:
WaPo Excerpt: Cats and dogs have an outsize carbon footprint, mostly because of their carnivorous diet. If the pet food industry, which mainly feeds dogs and cats, were a country, it would rank as the 60th-highest greenhouse gas emitter, equivalent to the Philippines.
Rabbits, by contrast, leave a minimal pawprint. They eat small amounts of hay and otherwise discarded vegetables. Their waste can be used as fertilizer in gardens. ... In contrast, most cat and dog kibble is roughly 50 percent animal protein, accounting for around 1.5 percent of global agricultural emissions, according to a 2020 study in Global Environmental Change.
By Marc Morano
February 21, 2024
6:26 pm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/02/20/rabbits-eco-friendly-pets/Advice by Michael J. Coren
Climate Advice Columnist
WaPo’s ‘Climate Advice Columnist’ – February 20, 2024 – Excerpt: If you have a pet in the United States, chances are it meows or barks. Of the 129 million households with pets in the country, roughly 3 in 4 have a cat or dog, according to 2021 Census data.
https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/02/21/its-like-having-a-vegan-cat-wash-post-why-you-should-consider-bunnies-as-your-next-pet-rabbits-have-minimal-pawprint-while-cats-dogs-have-an-outsize-carbon/