We have big box stores for pets.
We have semi trucks burning diesel to bring pet food and pet supplies to all parts of the world.
We devote some amount of farm land and livestock to feeding those pets.
It’s interesting when people suggest to reduce global human population but I have never heard anyone suggest to reduce pet populations as a method for combating climate change or for simply reducing resource usage.
The worldwide dog population is estimated to be 900 million.
There are 600 million to 1 billion cats living in the world today.
There was a study that looked at this. IIRC 3 medium sized dogs equals one kid (adjusted to be per year because dogs don’t live as long).
Nice. I have a dog but no kids so I guess I can afford to have one or two more and still come out ahead of others in terms of carbon foot print.