Eat your pets, save the planet

The Washington Times ^ | November 5, 2009 | Editorial

[Abakumov]

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.

[Question Liberal Authority]

If you want to be really sustainable, you should eat more insects.

[freedumb2003]

>>If you want to be really sustainable, you should eat more insects.<<

Or just die and let the insects eat you.

[Doogle]

...?????..would that screw me out of my $3500 tax rebate?

[Question Liberal Authority]

There was a time, not too long ago, when all animals were judged by their "usefulness" to human beings. Horses were way up at the top of the list in the pre-automobile age. Same with oxen, cows, goats, etc.

In a truly 'sustainable' environment, cats and dogs are fairly useful. That's why so many of them became pets. Cats kill pests which each your food. Dogs can be trained to corral sheep, fight predators, catch game, bark at intruders, etc.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

My Basset Hound objects to being called a 'parasite.' He's driving around in his car looking for PETA Phreaks to run over.

[grey_whiskers]

NO!!! Save teh kittehs!

...sheesh, what did you THINK that picture meant?

Cheers!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Save the Planet. Eat a Liberal. And not in the biblical sense.

[goodnesswins]

I’d eat a Liberal before I’d eat my dog.

[oyez]

I hope Brenda and Robert Vale haven’t reproduced and have neutered themselves.

[DirtyHarryY2K]

There was a time, not too long ago, when humans had common sense...

[HerrBlucher]

My cats kill pests but first they bring them into the house to play with them for a while. Sometimes they get away. I awoke to a small, and very angry, gopher snake next to my bed last week, and last night I had to chase a rat out of the house.

Anyone who believes in anthropogenic global warming needs to kill themselves immediately to save the planet.

[HerrBlucher]

I would wager they are anti C02 alarmism and are just having fun.

[Gorzaloon]

Hence the title of their new book: "Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living."

How about MY new book, "Let's Slaughter, Gut, and Eat EnviroWankers and End The Bullshit"?

(Self published, of course.)

[KJC1]

How about these crazy loons take a flying leap and stop breathing my animals’ air?

[MountainDad]

Got a better idea.........my labs eat Brenda and Robert.

[tbw2]

How does eating your pets go over with vegetarians and vegans?

[oyez]

The the way things are going we are going to have to rely on horses and other beasts of burden because we won't be able to afford our mechanical “beasts” anymore.

[tbw2]

If eating pets is good for the planet, how does cannibalism rank? All I can think of, though, was that weird lady who at the placenta ... and put it on Facebook.

[Wonder Warthog]

"This radical new suggestion comes from New Zealand professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialize in sustainable living."

I have an alternative suggestion. Kill professors Brenda and Robert Vale, and use them for pet food.