How can pets be part of a sustainable future?

Although it’s impossible to know exactly how many dogs and cats there are in the world, estimates put the value at around 525 million dogs and 600 million cats. That’s around one dog or cat for every seven people.

This is a much bigger problem than some might think. The pet market has grown dramatically over recent years to the point where many Western pets are treated to a better standard of living than some humans.

In the US alone, the pet industry has doubled in value since 2002 and by 2014 was worth $58.5 billion a year. Taking the …read more