Two new comprehensive studies show that plant-based diets are good for our companions and good for the planet.
Dogs and cats consume at least 9 percent of all land animals killed for food—7 billion animals annually.The production of cat, dog, and human food is a major cause of very high greenhouse gases and climate change.Can cats be healthy, happy vegans? Many people categorically say"No!"—end of story.
I'm pleased Andrew could answer a few questions that focus on two recent open-access data-driven seminal studies, the first that shows theof vegan diets for cats and dogs—"Vegan versus meat-based cat food: Guardian-reported health outcomes in 1,369 cats, after controlling for feline demographic factors"—and the second that shows theof plant-based meals for dogs, cats, and humans—“The relative benefits for environmental sustainability of vegan diets for dogs, cats, and people.
Andrew Knight: We’ve long known the food system was important for environmental sustainability, and that transition toward plant-based diets was essential, if we’re to slowand environmental degradation. However, we’ve always assumed this applied only to human diets. We’ve rarely considered such diets for our dogs and cats. As a veterinarian, I wanted to explore the potential benefits for environmental sustainability, of nutritionally sound vegan diets for dogs and cats.
If all the world’s dogs went vegan, it would save more greenhouse gases than all those emitted by the United Kingdom, land larger than Mexico, freshwater exceeding all renewable freshwater in Denmark, and would feed around 450 million additional people—more than the entire European Union.
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