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Benefits for environmental sustainability of vegan diets for dogs, cats and people (lemmy.ca)

submitted 16 hours ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

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[–] cardboardchris@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Aren't the meat products used for pets by-products of the meat (for humans) industry? That is, isn't it the case that no additional livestock animals are slaughtered to feed pets, beyond those that are already being slaughtered to feed humans?

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

and the feed grown "for animals" is largely a byproduct of plants grown for people. it's incredibly dishonest.

[–] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That is incorrect. Around 40% of fields are used to grow food for livestock, as well as a quarter of fish caught being fed to animals. I found this article saying we could slightly increase byproduct use for feed, but they are minor improvements. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00589-6

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 25 minutes ago

from the abstract

We then analysed the potential of replacing food-competing feedstuff—here cereals, whole fish, vegetable oils and pulses that account for 15% of total feed use—with food system by-products and residues.

a distinct minority of animal feed competes with human food

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