The left in America has never been less popular and more irrelevant in American culture than they are right now. Their response? Doubling down on illegal immigration, tripling down on stealing sports opportunities from our daughters, and now declaring your family pooch to be the latest thing destroying the planet. We can argue if dogs are better than people, but they are definitely better than whoever makes editorial decisions at Mother Jones.

They're the ones who decided that if there is one thing that the internet needs to know about, it's a new study proclaiming canines and the latest plant killer.

Dogs have “extensive and multifarious” environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found. An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised”.

The review, published in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology, highlighted the impacts of the world’s “commonest large carnivore” in killing and disturbing native wildlife, particularly shore birds.

The carbon footprint of pets is also significant. A 2020 study found the dry pet food industry had an environmental footprint of around twice the land area of the UK, with greenhouse gas emissions—56 to 151 Mt CO2— equivalent to the 60th highest-emitting country.

Though to be fair, the researchers didn't want to be seen as “censorious.” They aren't calling for dogs to be banned (a bunch of paragraphs down). They just want you to consider how much your fur babies are ruining the environment, along with everything else we enjoy, that is doing the same.

Or at least calling for dogs to be banned "yet." I know that you know that I know that you know how the left operates. I'm mainly fascinated by the decision of an American tabloid to run an Australian study. Here's how it's framed on X:

Editorial meetings in the media are fascinating...

EDITOR: We've uncovered something new that the American people love, and here's how we're going to cover it. I'm going to flip this coin. Heads, we'll say it causes global climate change warming. Tails, we'll claim it's racist.

INTERN: What about transphobic?

EDITOR: Thank you for checking my privilege.

Journalsiming. Ain't nothing else like it.

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