Would you consider that large and medium-sized dogs should be phased out?

NO

I'm not sure but I suppose he's got a point. As many of us must live in smaller homes due to many reasons do we have room for very large dogs? It's a consideration, quite apart from the consumption that you mention.

Seems not unreasonable consideration amongst all the others in planet conservation. However it should be done by consensus and not dictat.

Life is getting very joyless.

my poor dog

No wood burning stoves, no animals, no holidays, no conservatories.

What is the evidence for his claim?

Most of the meat and fish consumed by pets is the parts not considered suitable for human consumption, unless you are daft enough to waste your money buying all the 'premium' brands that might now and again contain parts of the animals that humans would eat.

Large and medium sized dogs are often working dogs, not sure that small breeds could be a substitute.

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No wood burning stoves, no animals, no holidays, no conservatories.

When they ban wine, champagne and gin I am out of here…

Ridiculous!

No, they do far less environmental damage than humans do. Most pet food is made from the parts of animals that humans reject. The type of meat animals eat can change though, and insects are also a potential source of pet food.

This is 'big dogism'. ?Leave the dogs alone.
There are many things we can do to avert climate change but this shouldn't be one of them. I am not a big dog owner btw.

What a totally ridiculous thing to say! I much prefer big dogs, personally. Let's get rid of intolerant people like said councillor instead!

There’s big and the. There’s F**&§$G big. Although this one isn’t one of the biggest pin.it/547XLjG

Absolutely not.

No, though I think people shouldn’t be keeping large working breeds in flats and other totally unsuitable environments.

No! Even though my little 11kg dog is classed as medium.
People who support this, should be aware that the next step after downsizing your dog might be downsizing people. Watch out all medium and large people.

Then the world would have gone totally mad

I would want them to prioritise phasing out breeds that are barbaric and cruel.
Pugs etc

I’ve never kept a dog or cat and wouldn’t want one, but what a ridiculous claim, that a big dog’s carbon paw print is the same as an SUV.
Is that an SUV that is driven 200 miles a week or 20, or the carbon footprint of just manufacturing it?

NO!!

Blimey in the scheme of things perhaps we should ask ourselves which species is doing the most damage to the earth.

I think that you will find that it isn’t large dogs.

Oh for heavens sake! NO.

Stupid man! Watching the sniffer dogs on the Royal Institution lectures was incredible!