yeah I know! We mind is well make our own good food for our animals! My cat died from the speical kitty cat food! and this is driving me crazy I cant stand how Innocent animals are dieing each day from this recall. They keep adding more and more foods. Im tired and It hurts to know that we feed our animals theses foods everyday and Boom! they die from kidney failure! its unbelieve able! I sent letters to My Sen. In IL hopefully they'll try to do something.! if nobody does we should Just go to china and Beat there a***s! ! go to this site okay! http://pnv2.com/
2007-04-23 07:54:20
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answered by sk8tergurl1405 3
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Dog and cat food isn't the only pet or animal food that was bad. Back in around 1973 or so, when I was a kid, my dad bought rabbit food and I think it was Farm Bureau brand. There was a chemical that got mixed up into it, (maybe it was a fire retardant) and also was in the pig food. There could have been more animal food that was poisonous, but it was too long ago for me to remember. Farmers lots hundreds of pigs, and most of my rabbits died.
Back in the 1980's, again the rabbit food I bought was bad. The rabbits got nice and well fed looking, and did great at the rabbit shows, but the does stopped having babies. A local rabbit raiser sued, and did get some money back, but by then, certain blood lines of the rabbits were lost forever.
Back in the early 1990's, I was feeding my rabbits twice of what they should normally eat, but they were still looking skinny. Again it was the rabbit food.
Just last year, I went to the local animal auction and bought a Flemish Giant rabbit. The owner said that a bag of rabbit food smelled moldy, and he stopped using the bag of food when his rabbits started to get sick. He also said that the doe that I just bought never got all of her weight back on. She died just 2 weeks after I bought her.
Before, most people who raise rabbits don't have the money to sue for losing a rabbit, and the money you would get back would not even began to cover just the court costs, so different companies kept on selling bad food.
On the other hand, companies that sell dog and cat food will now on have quality control people checking the food very careful. The law suits are many, and the FDA is now involved in the safety of the food. Just think about some of the elderly that buy cat food because they don't have enough money left over to buy people food.
Because the government is now involved in the quality of animal food, and these companies are being sued, I believe that pet food will now be safe.
2007-04-23 15:06:13
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answered by Amanda J 3
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Unfortunatly alot of people dont consider their pets part of the family. To them pets are pets and there is no difference. Its people like these that could care less what goes into our animals. The regulations are not as strict on animal foods as they are with human foods. What you most likely have not heard is that on top of what is in the foods, most foods have traces of euthanasia in them from when the original animals were put down for food. Because of that (and now with the recall it gives me more reason) I make my own dog food with all fresh ingrediants so that I know my pets are eating the best possible food and getting the nutrients they need. This whole things makes me sick to think that someone out there lost their best friend because some humans did not care enough to make sure that the food was safe.
2007-04-23 14:48:02
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answered by shadowsthathunt 6
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It is bad & doubt there is much anyone can do about it, sueing will make the lawyers rich but no money can replace a loved pet nor will the owners in a class action get much, lawyers will be the only winners :(
But stuff happens, pretty hard, if not impossible to prevent crazy, sick people from doing bad things. IF you want better protection, guess you would have to make your own food, hard part in that is making it well balanced, tho on profile you will see a site for just that, home-made foods for pets, specially dogs & cats or go the RAW meats for dogs & cats, but even then the meat can be contaminated @ times. One thing you can't do... is go though life paranoid & angry tho ...Take Care :)
2007-04-23 14:46:09
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answered by ? 5
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We need to change our laws. If people don't have to specify that the food that is made in America or Canada contains ingredients from China or other countries with fewer laws about food safety, how can we ever know? It is true that bad things happen. But they happen too often, and when legislation isn't put into effect to avoid future problems, our government isn't doing its job. Write a letter to the FDA and your federal representatives. Demand action.
The fact is that our food isn't safe either. By cooking for your dog you run the risk of not only poisoning it yourself with unsafe ingredients, but also of not giving it proper nutrition.
There is a bigger food safety issue out there than just how to ensure our pet food is safe. It is how to ensure all food is safe.
2007-04-23 14:49:38
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answered by erinn83bis 4
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I am cooking whole foods for my dogs and giving them supplements to balance their meals. I am also feeding portions of the food according to their need, i.e.: not many veggies or fruit, no onions, raisins or grapes, sauces or gravies. Today I am making up a half week of food for the three by boiling whole chicken, green beans and carrots, microwaving a big yam. I'll add a bit of pumpkin pie filling too since I am changing their diet and don't want them getting upset stomach.
I plan on feeding them twice a day, the cooked chicken in the a.m. and a lesser amt of meat in the form of organ meat- beef heart, raw, in the p.m.
I will vary their diet to add a bit of brown rice, oatmeal, and will add things like cottage cheese or plain yogurt at times.
I will also sometimes give the salmon.
2007-04-23 14:45:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Bad things happen, but not all pet foods are affected by this. The one I feed my dog, is just fine, it's the Kibble n'bits brand.
2007-04-23 14:44:33
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answered by Linds 7
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