A dog is a fine meal.
Posted on 12/26/2009 10:53:58 AM PST by AJKauf
I was all set to take my dogs out for quality time in the park, taking full advantage of the snow that’s blanketed the Northeast — but now the dogs will have to wait until I finish this piece, a response to an article in Agence France-Presse identifying man’s best friend as “one of the environment’s worst enemies.” So, once again, pets are a conveniently silent scapegoat for the ills of modern living.
In their unfortunately titled book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale — self-described specialists in sustainable living at Victoria University in Wellington — charge that the carbon paw-print of a pet dog is double that of an SUV driving 6,200 miles a year, while a pet cat has an eco claw-print slightly less than driving a Volkswagen Golf for a year. Confirming these results, John Barrett of the Stockholm Environment Institute in York, Britain, said, “Owning a dog really is quite an extravagance.” Pets’ detrimental impact on the environment is not limited to their carbon footprint, the Vales insist; if permitted to roam, predatory dogs and cats devastate wildlife (squirrels, birds, frogs) while their fecal matter spreads bacteria and disease in rivers and streams, killing aquatic life.
What about the tons of chemicals poured into the environment every day by completely non-pet-related individuals and entities? If you happen to live in a city affected by Sunday’s blizzard, such as my home town of New York, you may notice the sidewalks and roads paved with ice-melting crystals....
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Let’s eat the environmentalists...there’s more of em and they’re bigger!
How does any of this square with various ‘endangered species’ also a pet cause (if you’ll excuse the expression) of environmentalists? Or does any of it square?
Maybe we can set up an environmental civil war, the ‘endangered species’ wing v. the ‘pets are more dangerous than an SUV’ wing. They can off each other and whacko environmentalists would be the endangered species?
Since many of them want to go extinct, we’d be doing mankind and them a favor, right? ; P
Damn Straight!
I would eat democrats before I eat dogs.
The canine is the superior life form here.
A democrat has no value to me whatsoever.
Getting the brickets together as we speak.
“Honey!”
“Yes Dear?”
“Honey, it’s time to wok the dog. Your turn, remember?”
“Ok Desr.”
Yet in some places dog is a treat. Just not here. OK, not for MOST of the US.
A dog is a fine meal.
Environmentalists can eat $h/t and die.
Yeah, but I sure wouldn't want to try to clean one.
Those things are full of sh##.
Let the econuts eat each other. It will reduce the carbon footprint by eliminating those most concerned about that non-problem.
I know some eco-commies that I have some pet names for, so I guess I’ll have to start with them.
I'd give the DEM leaders to poor Muslims to eat (although there might be a lot of pork in them), and then I could stick to cows and pigs.
The only trouble is that they’ll give you the drizzling $hits. I can tolerate that, though, if it saves a dog and eliminates one commie vote.
Hey eco-zealots - EAT THIS!
Robert and Brenda Vale are unhinged, deluded and ignorant, IMO.
Wow! I love the fact that my carbon footprint is now the size of three Volkswagon Golfs. Excellent!
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