Wet Pet Food Causes 8 Times More Carbon Footprint Than Dry Food

One Of The Pivotal Factors That Have An Impact On The Environment Is Food Production As It Is Responsible For Approximately One-Quarter Of It

There Is A Rise In Companion Animals, Precisely Dogs, Cats & Pets

This only means that there is an increasing demand for pet food & nutrition

The Three Top Countries With The Most Canine And Feline Population Are, Namely The US With 76.8 M & 58.4 M, Brazil With 52.2 M & 22.1 M, Whereas China With 27.4 M & 53.1 M Respectively

According To A Study By Nature, Wet Diets Are Responsible For The Highest Impact And Dry Diets Were The Ones That Least Impacted The Environment

A chunk of ingredients used in pet wet food, mostly meat rich, have a higher environmental impact

A Meta-Analysis On The Impact Of Food That Included 38,700 Farms Over 119 Countries Observed That Food Production Is Responsible For 26% Of Total Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG)

Research was conducted in Brazil where the composition of different types of pet food estimated the environmental impact of diets of cats and dogs

Animal Production Like Fishes Is Responsible For 31% Of Ghg, And Crops Are Responsible For The 27%

The land use corresponds to 24% of emissions out of which 16% are related to animal production and 8% to crops

A typical 10kg dog eats dry food with an annual carbon footprint of 828.37 kg, & 6,541 kg, if it ate a wet diet i.e 7 to 8 Times More

If we extrapolate this emission to Brazil's 52.2 million dogs, the total annual emission would be between 0.04 and 0.34 Gt CO2eq, or between 2.9 and 24.6% of Brazil's projected total annual emission of 1.38 Gt

The Outcome Of The Study Suggests How Wet Diets Cause A Greater Impact On The Environment With Both Dogs And Cats

In most cases, dry diets cause lesser environmental impact. As for the homemade diets, the impact was intermediary between the both- wet and dry

This Unique Approach Allowed The Researchers To Estimate The Impact Of Various Variables Of Environmental Impact Which Revealed That Wet Tallied To A Higher Environmental Impact Than Dry Or Homemade Diets

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