Ditching dogs for the planet not an option

The Timaru Herald ^ | 10-23-09 | FLEUR COGLE

[Since 2009-07-21]

Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale

Demons.

[darkwing104]

This is so stupid on so many levels...

[OpeEdMunkey]

You don’t butcher your pets. What is it with some people?

That's why we raise wiener dogs.

[PLMerite]

“...despite a call from researchers to swap dogs and cats for pets they can eat, like rabbits or chickens.”

I always used to tell my dog we were keeping her fat just in case times got hard, but she didn’t care.

[GatorGirl]

If these econuts really want to establish their creds, they need to just off themselves and save the carbon footprint. After all, humans are the big polluters, right?

[GWMcClintock]

Someone has WAAAAY too much time on their hands, sitting around figuring out pet carbon footprints! (Or would that be pawprints?) I wonder what my horse and two Great Danes contribute? (Like I care!)

[Paladin2]

You can eat a dog. Review the Lewis and Clark Expedition journals.

[OpeEdMunkey]

Or perhaps a nice chianti and some fava beans.

[GWMcClintock]

“He thinks they’re delicious.”

Do they taste like chicken?

[A_Former_Democrat]

Hey “Scientists” .. . . leave my dogs alone

All in all you’re just another pr*** in the wall

[MaxMax]

I wonder how they calculate their numbers. Why not 100-thousand tons.
What the heck, lets just make it an even 1-million tons of guilt.

[GoldenPup]

Linda Finlay will not be giving up her dogs any time soon – despite a call from researchers to swap dogs and cats

Neither will I...and the only thing I'll be swapping is LEAD with anybody who interferes with my critters.

[darkwing104]

I wounder how many innocent trees were murdered for their lousy book?

[Brandonmark]

(Makes you wonder where PETA is on this one!)

Save the planet: time to eat dog? :

http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2987848/Save-the-planet-time-to-eat-dog

[TASMANIANRED]

Time to eliminate the carbon footprint caused by psycho environmentalists.

My dogs are far more valuable than these useless eaters.

[verity]

My dogs are far more valuable than these useless eaters.

Absolutely.

[Czar]

I think more of my dog than I do most people.

Here's a much better idea: "ditch politicians for the planet". They are completely expendable and there will be few complaints.

[Anima Mundi]

Joke?

[Charles Martel]

If any of the liberal twits get to have their pooches, then I get TWO Land Cruisers!! Awesome!

That's two Land Cruisers PER LIBERAL'S DOG.

Sweet. I've always wanted an FJ40.

[maine-iac7]

cats have an eco-footprint of 0.15ha – slightly less than a Volkswagen Golf

Yep,let's get rid of cats...won't take long before the mice population will explode and have a eco-footprint the size of a eco-greenies ego. That could be the end of earth as we know it.