The newsletter is gaining popularity on the Internet, which states that due to a large carbon trace as a result of production of pets feed for pets, the World Economic Forum invites the owners to euthanize their pets. We decided to check the reliability of the statements given in the mailing list.
Information about the radical initiative of the World Economic Forum appeared on English -speaking conspirological resources. On the site called News Punch It was even placed marked “Fact Checked”, that is, “Verified Information”. Then Users different social networks Picked up She became distribute. December 15 news Published Even the Rex news agency in its social networks.
The problem of carbon trace is really discussed in many international organizations, and their initiatives are sometimes extremely controversial. For example, blackout sun, collection atmospheric carbon and turning it into diamonds, Settlement ocean with giant algae colonies, Creation transgenic elephants to learn the territories of Eastern Siberia or adaptation Camels to the Arctic climate so that animals, trampling plants, do not allow the tundra to change the forest -tundra.
Like other organizations, the World Economic Forum has repeatedly expressed its concern with the problem of climate change, including reporting that a considerable carbon trace leaves the production of pets feed. In 2017 on the official website of the organization I went out The material that a diet made of super -products may not be optimal - both from the point of view of a carbon trace and for the health of the pet himself. Under the super -products of the WEF understands those foods made of premium meat varieties that could become part of a person’s diet, not an animal. For example, experts argue that there is no need to give animals to be a fodder from beef clipping, which could go to the steak instead, it is better to consider more environmentally friendly options - feed prepared from those parts of the carcass that are unlikely to be on the human plate (internal organs or trimming from premium pieces). Experts also Mark With reference to the book “Time to eat a dog? A real manual for a stable life ”that the carbon trace of a medium -sized dog (for example, corgs, a pithaluterer or mittelshneuser) is equal to a trace of a large SUV. However, the name of the book is rather satirical, and in its article the WEF does not call for the eating of pets or kill them.
In another article, published in 2019, the World Economic Forum again raised the topic of environmentally friendly attitude to animal feed. In particular, the issue of replacing protein received from mammals with insects is considered there. However, neither in this material, nor anywhere else on the organization’s website, there is also a mention of the need for mass murder of pets.
Further, the mailing list mentions an article by CNN under the name “Our Pets are part of the climatic problem. These tips will help you minimize their carbon mark. ” Such article Indeed, it was published in September 2022. In it, journalists quote data from a study by a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles Gregory Okina. According to his calculations, feeding home dogs and cats in the United States is equivalent to about 64 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. This is approximately the same effect as from 13.6 million cars. “If our fluffy friends formed a separate country, it would take fifth place in world consumption of meat after China, the USA, Brazil and Russia.” reports professor. At the same time, immediately after such amazing figures, CNN journalists write that farewell to pets is definitely not a way out, because "the presence of a domestic animal in the family is associated with a lower stress level, a smaller number of heart attacks and a lower risk of depression." Instead, journalists offer to revise the diet of pets, use more environmentally friendly fillers for cat trays, choose leashes and bags to collect waste from dogs from more natural materials, as well as thoughtfully choose the breed of the future pet. After all, a carbon mark from Chihuahua is much less than a trace of Senbernar, in addition, some artificially bred rocks are more prone to certain diseases and veterinary assistance also leaves a significant carbon mark. Journalists also pay attention to the fact that cats and dogs are not the only suitable pets, you can also consider small rodents, birds, snakes, turtles or reptiles.
Further, the mailing list mentions an article by Bloomberg, in which journalists allegedly "call on domestic animals to let their pets die to combat inflation." In fact article Under the heading “Inflation will hit you stronger if you earn less than $ 300,000. That's how to deal” talks about how to revise your budget to households with different income levels. In particular, the material proposes to think about the rationality of chemotherapy for animals that diagnose an oncological disease. This is an extremely costly procedure that shows research, usually gives an extremely small increase in life expectancy. At the same time, the animal with a high probability will be very tormented, since animal pain control is far from the standards accepted for humans. In the Bloomberg material, there are no calls to euthanize healthy pets.
The cited quote from the actress Emma Thompson that it was best to eat them from context to combat global warming animal owners. In 2019, actress Sayed Similar words in the framework of the satirical forecast of the future: “Remember that the average pet has an amazing amount of protein.” However, Thompson uttered this phrase just in order to call the population to be more attentive to the problem of climate change.
Moreover, the idea of killing pets to minimize a carbon trace contradicts environmental logic. Laws Most countries As the main method of burial of animals, not burial in the ground, but cremation is provided. Cremation itself leaves a significant carbon trace. According to the calculations of the “green” burial council - Green Burial Council (GBC) - per year in the USA Cossack A little more than a million bodies. The energy spent on their burning would be enough for 1307 car trips to the distance to the moon and vice versa. By data 2020, in Russia there were 40.8 million domestic cats and 22.6 million dogs. Let the cat weigh 5 kg on average, and the dog is 30 kg. In total, the total weight of pets in Russia will be 882 million kg. If you take the average weight A person of 67 kg, then the cremation of all pets of Russia will leave a carbon mark comparable to the burning of 13,164,179 people. That is, 16,991 a trip by car at a distance equal to the path to the moon and vice versa!
Thus, in the newsletter, incorrect and misleading information is presented. The World Economic Forum has never offered mass euthanasia of pets as a measure of climate change. CNN and Bloomberg also did not urge animal owners to kill their favorites, and Emma Thompson all the more not urge them to eat. At the same time, both the WEF and other experts pay attention to the fact that the production of feed for pets leaves a significant carbon mark, and offer some measures to reduce it.
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