No, World Economic Forum is not asking you out to 'slaughter' your pets
A post claiming that the World Economic Forum (WEF) wants to slaughter all pets to fight climate change is doing the rounds of social media.
By Sunanda Naik
Hyderabad: A post claiming that the World Economic Forum (WEF) wants to slaughter all pets to fight climate change is doing the rounds of social media.
The viral post includes a screenshot of an article titled "WEF Wants To Slaughter Millions of Pet Cats and Dogs to Fight Climate Change" with a photo of Klaus Schwab, the chair of WEF.
Climate change is indeed a serious issue. But did WEF urge people to kill their pets?
Let's find out.
Fact Check
NewsMeter performed a keyword search and found that the viral screenshot is from an article from News Punch from 9 December 2022. It states, "CNN, always at the forefront in pushing the globalist agenda, has begun urging its viewers to starve their pets to death in an effort to combat climate change."
A similar article from News Punch titled "Climate Activists Vow To Slaughter Millions of Dogs To 'Reduce Carbon Pawprint'" dated 26 November 2022 says, "According to a recent CNN column, dogs, cats and other domestic meat-eating pets are devastating the Earth's climate."
It should be noted that both articles point out a CNN report for the viral statement.
NewsMeter scanned CNN reports on climate change and pets and found a report titled "Our pets are part of the climate problem. These tips can help you minimize their carbon pawprints" dated 27 September 2022.
After reading the article carefully, we found that CNN is discussing carbon emissions from pet feeding in the United States and says the impact is equal to around "64 million tons of carbon dioxide in the US each year." Nowhere did it mention or call for pets to be killed to reduce these emissions.
It is evident that News Punch has clearly jumbled CNN's article and created misinformation.
Hence, the claim is false.
