Is it ethical to give your pet a plant-based diet, just because you are vegan? We asked veterinarians and nutritionists their opinions.
. She set about finding the perfect diet for Ruff and now feeds him homemade vegan meals and is also director of the Just Be Kind dog food company.
Animal welfare concerns include chickens suffering pain from beak trimming, pigs having their tails cut off, andThen there's the impact that pet ownership has on the planet. In 2022 pets worldwide ate over 100 billion pounds of pet food and data firm Statista expects this to rise to nearly 160 billion pounds by 2027.
In two studies, one published in 2021 and the other in 2022, Knight and other researchers found that vegan diets were"slightly less likely" to be nutritionally deficient than meat-based dietsand"the healthiest and least hazardous dietary choices for dogs are nutritionally sound vegan diets."Knight's 2022 report is one of 16 studies about vegan pets that have been analyzed by scientists from Mexico and Australia.
The body"cannot tell the difference" whether a protein source broken down into an amino acid comes from an animal by-product or a plant, she added.Cats are"obligate carnivores," Neale said, which means they cannot digest plant material and their diet contains more than 70 percent meat.
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