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TIME TO EAT THE DOG
the revelation in the book “Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living” 
by New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale has angered pet owners who feel they are being singled out as troublemakers.
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Combine the land required to generate its food and a “medium” sized dog has an annual footprint of 0.84 hectares (2.07 acres) — around twice the 0.41 hectares required by a 4×4 driving 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) a year, including energy to build the car.
While admittedly, I haven’t read the book, it appears the authors are just as hard on cats for killing wildlife, producing toxic waste, and eating Fancy Feast. In fact, no pet is innocent… not even goldfish. BUT there’s a big elephant in the room on this one (hopefully included in detail once readers get beyond the eye-catching title).
While the cumulative ‘eco-pawprint’ of our furry friends may be large, the trouble isn’t really about pets specifically. Rather, the point is that here on planet Earth, we (humans included) eat lots of protein. Food production (for dogs, cats, people, and more) has a gargantuan impact. Thus, the largest part of this equation–by far–has everything to do with the overwhelming carbon footprint of the meat industry.
The solution would be shifting average diet away from meat. Is it possible? Yes. Likely? That’s more complicated.
Nice article Fred. We learned it “has everything to do with the overwhelming carbon footprint of the meat industry,” and “The solution would be shifting average diet away from meat (not to mention all the antibiotic injections in animals we are indirectly fed by the meat industry; here’s a thought… better regulations).
The other issue to be learned from this story: that neutering pets is important. Already, I’m told, all the shelters in the Basin are overflowing with cats and dogs that need homes.
Thanks to the Y.V. City Council, many of them may be facing exterminate if the Morongo Basin Animal Shelter is closed as a proximate cause of the actions of:
Mayor pro tem, Lori Herbel
Council Member, Bill Neeb
Council Member, George Huntington
Mayor, Chad Mayes
Council Member
Frank (“The Jerk“) Luckino
Sounds to me to be Earth Firsters from the UK. Earth First which is a movement afoot
these days, the push of which is to control population of the earth. Because, according to the "Earth Firsters", there are too many people on the earth, and the alleged "carrying capacity" of the earth is being pushed beyond its limits. And therefore, a lot of people have to "leave" the planet, somehow, in order for there to be living space for whoever is left! Presumably, a "master race".
The Morongo Basin has our own Earth Firsters. You will hear them complain about OHV use in the desert.
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