Sadly Mr Howell, an independent member for Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council comments and claims are flawed.
This is not the first time the same suggestions have been made and were found to be grossly inaccurate when the data was examined in more detail.
I agree we all need to change, some more than others but it's going to be a very long time before we get back to any resemblance to a healthy planet.
Our household don't overseas hols etc, never have done, I work from home and have done for 30 years,we are far from being green and eco-friendly but we are not excessive.
I'm not pointing fingers at anyone as such, we live in a world where change is going to be very hard to say the least, I cant see a change to the current cycle of things in what remains of my lifetime or even in my daughters lifetime.
I feel there are parts of our lives that would have a bigger benefit to the planet if people changed their lifestyles, but they won't.
we can bang on about saving the planet and reducing our carbon footprint all day long , week in week out but it needs a more drastic change to affect all our lives to sink into people heads.
Mr Howell is making claims to specific canines, he has no knowledge of what pet owners feed their dogs etc so claiming a GSD is worse than a Toyota Landcruiser is outrageous.
I have both and the carbon footprint from the LandCruiser is by far the worse by any stretch.
Next it will be all pets , sheep, cattle , they will all be blamed for too much methane eating too much feed , too much transport to supply farms....it is just endless.
Anyway , we can rant on subject this forever , which wasn't the intenteded .
There is only one real solution to our planet woes, a massive reduction in global population , less reliance on global travel and movement, sadly that's is why humans, we have become our own worse enemy now.