What’s in a Dog’s Breakfast? Considering the Social, Veterinary and Environmental Implications of Feeding Food Scraps to Pets Using Three Australian Surveys

What’s in a Dog’s Breakfast? Considering the Social, Veterinary and Environmental Implications of Feeding Food Scraps to Pets Using Three Australian Surveys

Diverting food waste away from landfills is one way to minimise its serious environmental impact. Given that over a third of Australian households have at least one pet, the feeding of food waste to dogs constitutes one potentially significant waste diversion path. However, the proportion of dog own...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kirrilly Thompson, Lisel O'Dwyer, Anne Sharp, Bradley Smith, Christian John Reynolds, Tegan Hadley, Susan Hazel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
pets
lovestock
lifestock
livestock
companion animals
dogs
food waste
leftovers
informal waste stream
domestic
household
sustainability
waste management
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/6/7195

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