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Article: Eat your pets, save the planet; Environmental extremists are after your cats and dogs.(EDITORIALS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Want to save the planet? Kill your pets. Or better yet, eat them. This radical new suggestion comes from New Zealand professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialize in sustainable living. Their research has found that pets create tremendous strains on the environment and that a truly green world would have no place for these carbon-emitting parasites.
The Vale duo found that a medium-size dog has a carbon pawprint equal to that of about two Toyota Land Cruisers. A cat has almost the same environmental impact as a Volkswagen Golf, and two hamsters somehow equal a plasma TV.
Consider the implications. ...