Table 3.

The dietary ecological paw print (EPP) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of companion dogs in the Netherlands, Japan, and China.

Cat size	Country	EPP (in hectares)	GHG emission (in tons)
Per capita average-size dog	The Netherlands	0.90–3.66	0.349–1.424
	Japan	0.33–2.19	0.127–0.831
	China	0.82–4.19	0.313–1.592
Lifetime of one dog	The Netherlands	10.77–43.93	4.188–17.087
	Japan	4.01–26.28	1.522–9.972
	China	9.89–50.32	3.756–19.104
Total dogs	The Netherlands	1.62 million–6.59 million	0.608 million–2.480 million
	Japan	3.40 million–22.70 million	1.312 million–8.596 million
	China	22.5 million–114.8 million	8.576 million–43.621 million

Note: An average-size dog weights 10–20 kilograms.