| Stop Feeding Dog Food That Kills | | | | feathers from chicken meat. |
| Most of the young dogs that die in the United States | | | | In many cases, meat by-products are from animals |
| may have lived a longer and healthier life had they | | | | that arrived at the meat packing plant dead, dying, |
| not been fed commercial dog food. The recent recall | | | | diseased or disabled |
| of more than 60 million cans of dog food has spiked | | | | Meat by-products are common in both lower and |
| a nationwide interest in this topic which has been on | | | | higher brands of commercial dog food such as |
| the minds of dog guardians for several years. | | | | Science Diet, including the prescription diet, Purina, the |
| Most commercial dog food is junk, that's the best | | | | Purina One and Purina Pro Plans, and Iams/ Eukanuba |
| way to describe it. Replete with fillers, chemicals and | | | | . |
| preservatives, commercial dog food has one primary | | | | Ingredients listed as "meat, beef, chicken, and/or |
| function. It is to sell commercial dog food to | | | | poultry by-products" on commercial dog food labels |
| unsuspecting dog owners. These well intentioned | | | | are not required to include actual meat, and |
| folks believe that filling the dog food bowl with their | | | | "rendered meat" includes dogs and cats. |
| favorite brand of commercial dog food is just what | | | | Meat-and-bone meal |
| their dog needs to fulfill all of her nutritional | | | | Meat and bone meal is made by rendering plants. |
| requirements. | | | | Meat and bone meal is though to have been a |
| Not so. | | | | contributing factor in mad cow disease. It is a |
| Most commercial dog foods are made from materials | | | | common ingredient in the U.S. in commercial dog food. |
| unusable or less desirable for human consumption. | | | | Meat and bone meal is now utilized in some countries |
| These may include: | | | | as a fuel in cement kilns, landfills and in incinerators |
| Meat by-products which are ground, rendered, | | | | Grain by products |
| slaughtered meat carcass parts including necks, feet, | | | | Cheaper commercial dog food brands will normally |
| undeveloped eggs, bones, heads, and intestines and | | | | have less meat, and more grain "fillers". |