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A big pawprint: The environmental impact of pet food

  • Written by Cailin Heinze, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
imageMy footprint is how big?Freshita Maluven/Flickr, CC BY-ND

Pet food is an industry worth nearly US$25 billion in the United States. Owners make decisions about what to feed their pets based on marketing, personal beliefs and pet preference. And as with human nutrition, it can be hard to sort out truth from fads and marketing from science.

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