Monday, December 21, 2009  How The Environmental Movement Can
Win Friends And Influence People  Yes, this is the way to sell
your idea of treading lightly on Mother Earth:      Other
animals aren't much better for the environment, the Vales
(authors) say.   And pets' environmental impact is not limited
to their carbon footprint, as cats and dogs devastate wildlife,
spread disease and pollute waterways, the Vales say...
"Rabbits are good, provided you eat them," said Robert Vale.
Eat your pets. It's good for you, it's good for the pet, it's
good for the Earth.  Ask some people about their particular
brand of environmentalism, they'll tell you about recycling,
taking mass transit, and replacing incandescent light bulbs with
fluorescents or LEDs. None of those is necessarily bad, but the
people who want to force them on everyone else probably already
do these things and hence wouldn't be giving up very much. Ask
them to do without a pet, though....  Sylvie Comont, proud owner
of seven cats and two dogs -- the