| A veterinary association asks dog owners not to | | | | balanced dog food" pitches we are daily bombarded |
| throw away dog food that is subject to the | | | | with as the end all to our dog's health and longevity is |
| worldwide recall after causing renal failure and death | | | | not only less than nutritional, it is a poison, masked as |
| to thousands of dogs and cats. To make matters | | | | food, to dupe unwitting buyers. |
| worse the poison additive may have been included | | | | Dog food companies are claiming that it is not their |
| intentionally by dog food companies. | | | | fault that melamine is in the dog food. This is |
| The South African Veterinary Association is calling on | | | | nonsense. When we buy dog food for our best |
| dog owners to take contaminated dog food to their | | | | friend we are placing the health and safety of our |
| veterinarian as the dog food crisis spreads it's | | | | beloved dogs in the hands of the companies that |
| tentacles of sickness and death . | | | | offer us those products. |
| The reason cited by SAVA is that recalled dog food | | | | It is a breach of trust on the part of dog foods |
| that is merely discarded has the potential of exposing | | | | companies who fail to properly test the junk they |
| the environment to toxins which could ultimately | | | | peddle as healthy dog food. The true story behind |
| contaminate and cause illness to more animals as well | | | | the current dog food recall which has stores pulling |
| as humans. The recommendation of SAVA is that | | | | more than one hundred brands of pet and dog food |
| recalled dog food should be incinerated. | | | | is that the industry has been selling garbage under |
| The danger of feeding your dog melamine tainted | | | | the guise of a healthy food product for more than |
| food is now well established. Melamine is used in the | | | | forty years. And this recall is just the first of many. |
| production of plastics and dogs that eat food that | | | | Dog food as a popular product on store shelves |
| has been contaminated by melamine may suffer | | | | appeared in postwar America as an answer to the |
| from renal or kidney failure and die. | | | | needs of business to find the most profitable way to |
| The question of dog owners everywhere is how | | | | recycle industrial waste, including euthanized dogs, |
| melamine got into their dog's food in the first place. | | | | downed, dead, dying and diseased animals, feathers, |
| The answer is shocking. News reports indicate that: | | | | bone, blood and worse. |
| Poison in Your Dog Food May Be No Mistake | | | | Before feeding any dog food to your dog make sure |
| A story reported by USA Today says that the | | | | that it is not subject to recall. Make sure you know |
| poison chemical additive, melamine, may have been | | | | exactly what ingredients make up the food in your |
| added to your dog food on purpose by commercial | | | | dog's diet. |
| dog food companies. The reason for this is that | | | | Consider only high grade dog food sold at small |
| melamine has the potential of faking higher levels of | | | | independent stores that are human grade and free |
| protein in dog food. | | | | of fillers, junk and toxins. Another option is to make |
| In response to questioning by the U.S. Senate | | | | your own dog food at home. A healthy combination |
| recently, dog food industry representatives claim that | | | | of meat and veggies will be good for your dog and |
| the products they manufacturer are safe. | | | | you will be assured that your pooch is not at risk |
| Imagine that. The "healthy, nutritious, complete and | | | | from poison dog food. |