Enlightened animal lovers across the United States face a quandary: how to pamper beloved pets without adding to global warming or creating an outsized carbon paw print?
Answers for the ecologically-aware pet owner were on offer at the "Going Green With Pets" conference at Manhattan's tony Metropolitan Dog Club, with pointers on everything from whipping up biodegradable cat litter to choosing the best organic shampoo for one's Lhasa Apso.
"This is a doggy salon," said Charlotte Reed, the store's proprietor and the owner of a small menagerie that includes three toy spaniels, three Himalayan cats and two birds.
Reed hastened to add however that hers is a salon where the emphasis is as much on saving the planet as on doting on one's pet.
Green-minded pet expenditures amount to little more than two percent of the 40-billion-dollar US pet care industry, but the rapidly growing niche industry is valued nonetheless at hundreds of millions of dollars.
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