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UCLA professor says dogs and cats contribute signifcantly to climate change | The Sacramento BeeTurns out that chow you’re feeding Fido and Felix produces a pretty big carbon pawprint. In a study released Wednesday, a geography professor at UCLA calculated that the meat-based food Americans’ dogs and cats eat – and the waste those pets produce – generate the equivalent of about 64 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.
That’s as much as about 13.6 million cars driving for a year, says professor Gregory Okin in a paper published in the journal PLOS One.
Put another way: Dogs and cats are responsible for 25 to 30 percent of the environmental impact of meat consumption in the United States.
That's right friends, do you have a 4 legged and furry family member? HOW DARE YOU HARM MOTHER EARTH!!!