Table 4.

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

Cat size	Country	EPP (in hectares)	GHG emission (in tons)
Per capita average-size cat	The Netherlands	0.40–0.67	0.150–0.251
	Japan	0.32–0.56	0.121–0.211
	China	0.36–0.63	0.141–0.237
Lifetime of one cat	The Netherlands	5.62–9.39	2.102–3.511
	Japan	4.46–7.80	1.693–2.959
	China	5.04–8.82	1.974–3.318
Total cats	The Netherlands	1.28 million–2.14 million	0.480 million–0.803 million
	Japan	3.20 million–5.60 million	1.204 million–2.105 million
	China	20.90 million–36.60 million	8.192 million–13.770 million

Note: An average-size cat weights 2–6 kilograms.