Dog food made from insects to go on sale in UK for first time

Globally pets consume 20% of meat and fish, a figure insect pet food could help to reduceThe UK's first dog food made from insects goes on sale this week, which its manufacturers say could help reduce the environmental damage caused by the massive volumes of meat routinely fed to dogs and cats.Globally, pets consume about 20% of the world's meat and fish, a number set to rise with the trend for consumers to feed them human-grade meat. Pet food is also estimated to be responsible for a quarter of the environmental impacts of meat production in terms of use of land, water, fossil fuels, phosphates and pesticides. Continue reading...