Wet pet food much worse for the environment than dry pet food
The New Scientist website tells us that wet pet food has seven times the carbon emissions of dry cat food. They refer to a study which I can’t access which tells us that an...
Tagged: global warming
Climate change and illegal water extraction add to threats against Iberian lynx
An awful lot has been done to bring back the Iberian lynx from near extinction but it might all be undone because of global warming and years of agricultural overexploitation which have combined to...
Wet cat food has a higher negative environmental impact than dry cat food
Taking a dog’s diet, researchers concluded that a dog would be responsible for 828.37 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent per year if consuming a dry diet compared to 6541 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent...
Greta Thunberg calls for a system-wide transformation to society to stop global warming
This topic is so big that it supersedes everything else including any discussions on cats. Climate change affects everybody and everything to the point where discussions about cat breeds and cat behaviour become meaningless....
Cat food made with “nature-identical” chicken meat available soon
Nathan Winograd (America’s best animal advocate), in his newsletter, tells me about a product which interest me because I’m concerned about the environment, global warming and animal welfare. I want to try and do...
107 million Americans will experience temperatures above 125°F by 2053
The First Street Foundation has produced a model which predicts that the emerging “Extreme Heat Belt” will impact over 107 million Americans by 2053. They have released a peer-reviewed extreme heat research which found...
Catastrophic loss of wildlife hits Australia. Cause? Humans.
Land clearing was given as the primary cause of wildlife losses in Australia in the Australia state of the environment report 2022. It paints a grisly picture of catastrophic loss on that continent which...
Can cats suffer from heat stroke?
Yes, domestic, stray and feral cats can suffer from heat stroke and it is an emergency that requires immediate assessment and prompt attention from caregiver and veterinarian. As it happens, cats do not tolerate...
The biggest cat welfare disaster as yet unwritten is about to happen
It’s on the horizon. It is a news item which has yet to be written. It concerns cat welfare, dog welfare and our welfare. It concerns everything. It is the setback to the fight...
Place where farmers first domesticated the cat is now desert and there are no farmers
It is sad and telling of modern life that the famous place where the first wildcats were domesticated by farmers, the Fertile Crescent, which encompasses Syria and the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, is now...
Man plucks kitten from bloated, fast flowing river after highest rainfall since 1880
There is a bit of global warming in this kitten rescue story, if you believe in climate change as I do. The story is timely with COP26 rumbling on at Glasgow at the moment....
What is the ‘carbon dioxide equivalent’ of a domestic cat?
The experts say that you should refer to “carbon dioxide equivalent” (CO2e) when discussing carbon footprints. This refers to the measurement of how much gas contributes to global warming relative to carbon dioxide. Are...
Should we not replace our cat when they pass away in the interests of the environment?
An environmental auditor, Donnachadh McCarthy, states that in order to protect the planet from global warming we should consider not replacing our cat or dog when they pass away because of their carbon footprint....
Efforts at animal welfare will be at naught unless nations take global warming seriously
NEWS AND COMMENT: The good news for Brits is that the UK leads developed nations on curbing global warming but the world at large is failing on climate change. Plenty of big, bold words...
Would you buy dry cat food made with insects?
I would certainly buy cat food made with insect protein. I am very keen on the concept because there are so many benefits. And we can do it right now at least if you...
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