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Animal welfare, human wellbeing and planetary health

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The Environmental Impact of Feeding Our Pets

The 7.7 million dogs and cats that we own in Australia eat 20% of the energy as humans do, according to recent calculations. The production of animal based foods is much more demanding on the environment than plant-based food. We took a wrong turn way back about 40,000 years ago in history in domesticated carnivores rather than herbivores. And what that means is that a disproportionate, large proportion of the energy that our pets eat comes from animal sourced products.

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