TheVat
Valued Senior Member
Some German research firm (Lohmann) did an estimate on carbon and land use by pets, and cats came out on top.
I know that doesn't excuse Sylvester trying to murder Tweety, but it's something, right?
Annual feed intake was estimated 98 kg (23kg dry matter) per cat and 211 kg (76.5 kg dry matter) per dog. The fraction of materials of animal origin is 50 % for cats and 45 % for dogs. Land use for feed production was about 1000 m² per cat and 2000 m² per dog. Annual CO₂e for cats and dogs was 411 and 840 kg respectively.
I know that doesn't excuse Sylvester trying to murder Tweety, but it's something, right?