[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Unreal
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- To: <pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>, <Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:00:10 -0400
I know I'm weird (stating the obvious), but there's no way I could raise a
chicken, cow, pig, goat, rabbit, llama, snake, whatever as a pet and then eat
it! Green house gases and carbon footprints be damned! I won't eat my pets!
However, I will recycle...
Paulette McGuirt, GSDCA Member
Wellborn-Allemande German Shepherds
Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam
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From: <pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 8:27 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Unreal
The book is NOT suggesting that anyone eats dogs. It does list carbon
footprints for cats and dogs though (???????) and suggest instead we have
chicks, pigs, etc. because eating what they produce will offset THEIR carbon
footprint. As farfetched as that sounds there HAVE been some very off
appointments lately....
Kathy
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Sent: Thu, Oct 22, 2009 7:33 pm
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Unreal
this was an AOL headline today. i couldn't believe what i was reading.
iane
iane Silver-Strasser
ilstra German Shepherds
http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/)
Time to Eat the Dog? Just Think About It, Say 'Sustainable Living'
uthors_
http://www.pawnation.com/2009/10/22/time-to-eat-the-dog-just-think-about-it-say-sustainable-livin/)
by _Helena Sung_ (http://www.pawnation.com/bloggers/helena-sung/)
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ct 22nd 2009 2:00PM
o you consider yourself a "green" person? Y'know, using canvas shopping
ags, compact flourescent lightbulbs, etc.? Well apparently, that's not good
nough! Those actions are "largely cosmetic," New Zealand architecture
rofessor Brenda Vale tells _Celsias.com_
http://www.celsias.com/article/time-eat-dog-guide-sustainable-living/) .
n "_Time to Eat the Dog?: A Real Guide to Sustainable Living_
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Eat-Dog-Sustainable-Living/dp/0500287902) ,"
renda and
er husband Robert Vale, architects who concentrate on sustainable living,
ropose an unsavory idea: _if you are going to keep pets, make sure they are
dible so as to reduce the carbon footprint of the animals you keep_
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/energyresources/message/116951) .
For the less environmentally-literate, a "_carbon footprint_
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/) " is the amount of
greenhouse gases we produce while driving, flying, eating, etc., which
ontribute
o climate change, or global warming. "_Sustainable living_
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living) " refers to efforts to reduce
onsumption
f natural resources and the production of greenhouse gases by "altering
ethods of transportation, energy consumption and diet."
"If you have a German shepherd or similar-sized dog, for example, its
mpact every year is exactly the same as driving a large car around," Brenda
ells _The Dominion Post_
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2987848/Save-the-planet-time-to-eat-dog) .
tudying the amount of land and energy it takes
o make the dog food your pet eats every year, the Vales found that a dog's
arbon pawprint was _twice that of a Toyota Land Cruiser being driven 6,213
iles a year_
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2987848/Save-the-planet-time-to-eat-dog) . A
cat's eco pawprint was "slightly less than a
olkswagen Golf," and keeping two hamsters is the same as owning a plasma TV_
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2987848/Save-the-planet-time-to-eat-dog) .
Are the Vales suggesting we eat our cats and dogs? Not exactly, they say,
dmitting that the title of their book was a "_shock tactic_
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2987848/Save-the-planet-time-to-eat-dog) ."
We are
ot advocating eating anyone's pet cat or dog, [but] there is certainly some
ruth in the fact that if we have edible pets like chickens for their eggs
nd meat, and rabbits and pigs, we will be compensating for the impact of
ther things on our environment," Brenda Vale tells _The Dominion Post_
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2987848/Save-the-planet-time-to-eat-dog) .
Not surprisingly, the Vales do not own any dogs or cats.
Curious about your own carbon footprint? Check out the _Carbon Footprint
alculator at The Nature Conservancy website_
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/) . You'll note it
oesn't inquire about the
umber and type of pets in your household.
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