Googled "environmental impacts of pets" and found this article
which is pretty thorough, in terms of identifying the areas impacted by pet ownership.
(Food, shampoo, toys for pets, pet poop, etc. etc. etc.)
Which, if one can wade through it, is a serious attempt to quantify impacts of pets.
I get along great with pets and kids and have ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE for any...
Pets are the outcome of domestication of animals altogether,
our brilliant neolithic predecessors finding animal "husbandry" a useful addition to the tribe.
*(evidence for dog domestication is certain at 7000bc, and may be as much as 30,000 years ago!)
These days it seems natural to enjoy the company of other species, even while suspending our disbelief,
since the pleasing behaviors we find in pets are behaviors we've bred into them.
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FRISH
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