What’s the carbon footprint of owning pet fish? An expert explains

What’s the carbon footprint of owning pet fish? An expert explains

Source: theconversation

9/26/2023

What’s the carbon footprint of owning pet fish? An expert explains

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While the environmental impact of having dogs and cats as pets has been examined to some extent, the impact of keeping pet fish has remained unexplored – until now.

Dogs in particular have a significant carbon “pawprint”. An average-size dog (weighing 10-20kg) in Europe is responsible for between 349 and 1,424kg of CO₂-equivalent emissions per year – compared with between 150kg and 251kg of CO₂-eq for an average-size cat (weighing 2kg-6kg).

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