Not sure exactly how this is newsworthy or even surprising but folks, it seems, are upset, angered and disgusted by a new book called "Time to Eat the Dog."

The book, written by two ecologically-inclined New Zealanders, floats the idea that having a dog leaves a greater carbon footprint than having an SUV.

Apparently the authors aren't suggesting people slap Fido on the grill, but rather that pet-owners think twice about the impact of keeping domestic animals. Still, they clearly are reaping the benefits of the inflammatory title....

Author Jonathan Safran Foer chewed over the idea of why we aren't actually eating dogs in a recent Wall Street Journal piece. "Few people sufficiently appreciate the colossal task of feeding a world of billions of omnivores who demand meat with their potatoes," he writes. "The inefficient use of dogs—conveniently already in areas of high human population (take note, local-food advocates)—should make any good ecologist blush."

Here's a story about the backlash in the New York Times.