Environment

Your dog’s physical footprint may be small, but his carbon footprint and what that means for the environment is larger than you might expect.

One analysis shows the impact of a medium-sized dog is greater than that of an SUV, while another study shows feeding the world’s dogs and cats creates 64 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

Meanwhile, global warming is now affecting the health and safety of our dogs.

The warmer climate increases the risk of heatstroke and creates more dangerous storms like hurricanes and tornados.