the hidden environmental costs of dog and cat food

Gregory Ogin quickly pointed out that he did not hate dogs and cats.
Even though neither of him lived together.
He is allergic, so his pet is fish.
He thinks it\'s okay for you to do that.
But if you do, he wants you to think about what their meat is.
Heavy food and canned food have affected the Earth.
Okin, a geographer at the University of California, Los Angeles, recently did the same, and the data he calculated came to some amazing conclusions.
Of all the animals, about 25 per cent of Rovers millions of Rover and flugul in the United States
According to Okin\'s calculations, the United States consumes derived calories every year.
If the Pets establish a sovereign state, it will rank fifth in global meat consumption.
Needless to say, producing meat-
This requires more land, water and energy, more pollution than plantsbased food —
Produce a large amount of greenhouse gas: up to 64 million tons per year, equivalent to driving more than 12 million cars per year.
This does not mean pets.
It must be avoided for the benefit of the Earth, but \"this is not a pure benefit either,\" Okin wrote in a study published this week on PLOS One.
\"If you\'re worried about the environment, then it\'s like what kind of car you\'re thinking about buying . . . . . . This may be your concern, okin said in an interview.
\"But it\'s not necessarily something you want to feel terrible about.
\"This study is the beginning of Okin, which usually travels around the Earth to study the desert --
Wind erosion, dust production and factories
Soil interaction.
But he says the chicken trend in the backyard of Los Angeles reminds him of how cool it is for pet chickens to make protein, while dogs and cats eat protein.
He found that even if people were increasingly interested in the environmental impact of our own meat consumption, we hardly tried to quantify the role played by our most common pets.
To do this, Okin derived an estimate of the number of dogs and cats from the pet industry, the average animal weight and the list of ingredients in popular pet foods.
He determined that dogs and cats in the country consume about 19% of human heat, or 62 million people in the United States.
But because they have high protein content in their food, the total number of animals they have
The body consumes about 33% of calories.
Keeling Heinze said that the numbers for Okin are estimated, but they \"gave us some numbers that we can talk about very well,\" a veterinary nutritionist at the College of Veterinary Medicine at cafings at the University of taffz, he wrote about the environmental impact of pet food.
\"They came up with a very interesting discussion.
Okin warned that the situation is unlikely to improve soon.
In developing countries like China, pet ownership is increasing, which means that demand for meat pet food is also increasing.
In the United States, more and more people think that pets are furry children, which leads to the expansion of the expensive food market and sounds like a Blue Apron meal.
That means not just kale and sweet potatoes in the ingredient list, but grains --Freedom and People-
Emphasize that they use high grade mixtures
Quality meat, not the remaining \"by-products\" that traditionally account for most of pet food \".
\"The trend now is that people will look for more good meat for their animals and find more high meat --
Provide protein food for their animals, \"Okin said.
What about this?
This is the difficult part.
Heinze said that the first thing to pass high
Protein or humangrade foods.
Dogs and cats need protein
She also said that cats that specialize in carnivores do need meat.
But the idea that they should be dining in a place equal to the upper rib comes from what she calls a \"pet food fake news machine \".
\"There is no need to be turned off by some plants --
The protein in the food ingredients, especially dog owners, can look for foods with lower protein content, she said. The term human-
Grade means a product uses proteins that humans can get, she added.
Meat by-product
All the organs and other animal parts that don\'t end in the supermarket-
Everything is fine, she said.
\"Dogs and cats are happy to eat organ meat,\" Heinze said . \".
\"Americans do not.
Okin has some ideas about this.
He said the argument that pet food use by-products are \"efficient\" in meat production is based on the premise that both internal organs and organs are hairy. (
On a fine-grained beef product called \"pink mucus\", look at the collective gag. ”)
But his research found that if we reconsider this,
First quarter of all animals
The calories in pet food are sufficient for all Colorado people.
\"I travel around the world and I realize that what humans can eat is culture --
Specifically, \"he said.
\"Maybe we need to have a conversation about what we\'re going to eat.
At the same time, Okin suggested that people who consider raising a dog might consider raising a smaller one --
For example, a hound is not a big Dane.
Or, if you think a hamster can meet your pet needs, go this way.
Heinze, as far as she is concerned, sometimes offers the same advice to vegetarian or vegan customers who want their pets to eat meatfree.
She said that they are usually considered for animal welfare rather than environmental, but this diet is not always the best for dogs and never the best for cats.
\"In my career, there have been times when I honestly said to my clients, \'We need to find a new home for your pet, \'she said. \'You need to buy something like a rabbit, a guinea pig.
Fixed: The previous version of this article incorrectly reported \"human-
There is no regulatory definition for Grade.
The guidelines of the American Association of Feed Control Officials have recently changed, saying that it should be used only for pet foods where each ingredient and the whole product is \"stored, processed, processing and transportation in a manner consistent with federal human regulations\"edible foods.
The association has no law enforcers;
States decided whether to adopt their guidelines.
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