Thread: Dead Cats And Dogs Used To Make Pet Food

If you love your pet like I do mine then please read this article and use the links to do your own investigation into this lie we are being feed about the pet food we feed our beloved animals. Here are other links to check out.

http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359&more=1
http://www.aafco.org/

Dead Cats And Dogs
Used To Make Pet Food
4-26-6

We see pictures of whole grains, prime cuts of meat and human grade vegetables on the bag, and we assume there's some chef in a pet food kitchen cooking up the best for our loved ones. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. Most of what makes up dog and cat food comes from the rendering plant.

To render, as defined in Webster's Dictionary, is "to process as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses and to extract oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting."When chickens, lambs, cattle, swine, and other animals are slaughtered for food, usually only the lean muscle is cut off for human consumption.This leaves about 50 percent of a carcass left over. These leftovers are what become what we so commonly find on pet food labels, such as "meat-and-bone-meal" or "by-products.

"So basically, what pets eat are lungs, ligaments, bones, blood and intestines.Some other things that go into rendering to make your Cat and Dog Food are:

* Euthanized companion animals Cats and Dogs

* Spoiled meat from the supermarket, Styrofoam wrapping and all

* Road kill that can't be buried on the roadside

* The "4 D's" of cattle: dead, dying, disease and disabled

* Rancid restaurant grease

When dead animals from cow pastures are picked up, they may not be rendered until up to a week after they are dead. Because of this, it is estimated that E. coli bacteria contaminate more than 50 percent of meat meals.

The rendering process destroys the bacteria, but it does not eliminate the endotoxins bacteria release when they die.

These endotoxin, which can cause sickness and disease, are not tested for by pet food manufacturers.When all this comes to the rendering plant, it's put in a huge vat and shredded.Then it's cooked at 220 to 270 degrees for 20 to 60 minutes. After it cools, the grease is skimmed off the top.

This is "animal fat." The rest is pressed and dried. This is "meat and bone meal."Dogs wouldn't eat this stuff in the wild, so why will they eat it out of their bowls? Their noses are tricked by the smell of it. The smell of animal fats for dogs and fish oil for cats is sprayed on the dry, bland kibble bits to make them appetizing.

These flavors usually come from rendered restaurant grease, animal fat, or other oils unfit for human consumption. Huge conglomerates use pet food companies as a cheap, and even profitable, way of disposing of the waste from their human food companies. Three of the five major pet food companies are owned by these huge corporations.

Who owns what? Corporation & Pet Foods:

Nestle: Alpo, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog, Purina One

Heinz: 9 Lives, Amore, Gravy Train, Kibbles-n-Bits, Nature's Recipe

Colgate-Palmolive: Hill's Science Diet

Proctor & Gamble: Eukanuba and Iams

Mars: Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree, Sheba, Waltham's

VETERINARIANS AND PET FOOD

So, why don't vets warn people? The question should be, what makes veterinarians think they can recommend food. In Food Pets Die For, Ann Martin says, Our family physician doesnt display weight loss products in the reception room So why is this going on in our veterinary clinics that do not specialize in nutrition. She says she considers it unethical for vets to sell pet food unless they are trained in pet nutrition.The reason your vet thinks so highly of the pet food they sell probably has more to do with money than nutrition. In vet school, the only classes offered on nutrition usually last a few weeks, and are taught by representatives from the pet food companies.

Vet students may also receive free food for their own dogs and cats at home. They could get an Iams notebook, a Purina purse and some free pizza.The companies also hire students to be representatives for the company and to promote their products to other students.This issue was even placed on the agenda for an Executive Committee meeting at the vet school at Colorado State University. According to the minutes discussion was held on how to handle dealing with pet food companies and their donations of pet food to the university. It was agreed to put together a task force to discuss this issue, investigate the possibilities, and make suggestions to the Executive Council on how to work with the numerous pet food companies that want to donate to CSU. There was no further mention of this topic in meetings since.

In May 2000, Purina made the announcement that in an effort to help university, veterinary hospitals provide optimal nutrition recommendations for dogs and cats, Ralston Purina is funding three new veterinary diet technician positions. They donated $100,000 to support these positions for the first year. How would you feel about a company that paid your salary?

CHEMICALS IN PET FOOD

Because the ingredients in pet food aren't exactly as pure as consumers are made to believe, not only is the food unhealthy, it may also be poisonous.When the "food" comes out of the rendering plant, there's no way it would be bought by a consumer or eaten by a dog. To make it more pleasing to the eyes of owners and the mouths of animals, the producers of pet food add a myriad of chemicals.To keep the food fresh, the first thing added is a preservative. The bags of food must stay fresh through shipping and on the shelf. There are several synthetic preservatives out there:

* Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)
* Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
* Propylene glycol (also used as automotive antifreeze)
* Ethoxyquin

Their is little known about the effect these chemicals may have on an animal. Some experts and veterinarians claim ethoxyquin is the best and safest preservative on the market, others claim it is a potential carcinogen, causing skin problems and infertility in dogs.Some other things that may be added to your dog or cat food are:

* Coloring agents
* Drying agents
* Flavoring agents
* Lubricants
* Nutritive Sweeteners
* Texturizers

IS THERE CAT AND DOG IN PET FOOD?

Reporter John Eckhouse was one of the first people to discover the practice of sending euthanized pets to the rendering plants.He quoted an employee of Sacramento Rendering as saying, "Thousands and thousands of pounds of dogs and cats are picked up and brought here every day."When a vet tells a grieving owner that they'll "take care" of their dead loved one, they usually mean sending it off with the disposal company for rendering. This is all perfectly legal. Many veterinarians and especially shelters don't have the money to bury or cremate animals.Although many in the pet food industry deny that they use euthanized animals, proof that the practice goes on continues to surface.

Also - Do you know what is in 'meat meal' - the major constituent of dry dog and cat food? Urine, fecal matter, hair, pus, meat (from animals, afflicted) with cancer and T.B., etc."


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In the USA...one can believe and EXPECT these horrendous acts and campaign drives to "flourish" and I remember back then during my campaigning years as one of my country's leading breeder exhibitor, we screened buyers (the so called pet lovers seeking companion lap dogs) before selling/exporting any of our homebreds to local or foreign would-be owners wanting to become dog fanciers too!

I was also a foreign breed correspondant for one of America's top leading single breed club monthly magazine and I received alot of mails asking about advise on how to handle selling or buying and owning a pedigree registered dog to rescue dogs etc...

I remembered having to advise numerous times to Americans esp. those living around the Californian State to be on the lookout and never to sell their dogs for less than 800 dollars to strangers they havn't a clue to screen check on...

There were, back then, agencies buying in dogs at a flat fee of only 500 to 750 dollars to have a dog and it ends up in a research lab!!! Nice income there for those on the near poverty line...if you summarize the picture here quickly!!!

Some are willing to let their dogs go for FREE... without the faintest idea what these weird "resellers" were up to but unlike most of our dedicated breeders within the Organisation and Breed Clubs we are in, we spend more time helping out screening people that knocks on the door seeking our popular and successful breeds we are specialized in and they come to us for our sensational wins at the shows for this is money making business too with progenies sold, at our expense while they spend next to nothing to our promoting and devotion in adhering to the breed standards we dedicate ourselves in with years of costly involvement at travelling and showing etc...

Thus, NEVER sell below that price ceiling and NEVER EVER give away a dog for FREE!!! Owning a dog for companionship comes with responsibility...if a person cannot maintain oneself and is living in an outback shack on a poverty line budget... DON'T sell or give away a dog to that potential liability. Unless you are a mill farm breeder, you know what I mean to treat/consider letting your homebreds depart that way.

Regarding food, there are all kinds out there. No different to the apetite we humans have except for the digestive systems a dog has to humans and their vulnarability to hazardous meats or "soft" meats that our human system can tolerate while dogs cannot.

Not many can afford or continue to maintain a 15 or 20 kg bag(s) of dog food from branded names at a price tag costing an average of $75 to $95 that may last only a month depending on the size of the breed and with those with more than 2 or 3 large dogs?? It's a costly affair on that budget for the average family that is also budgetting tightly at the groceries...it won't make sense to see someone claiming he/she can maintain a dog in a healthy state for a long time....on that outcome!

Most professional handlers and breeders and dedicated owners of various breeds that care about their dogs coat and condition spend incredibly more and is always prepared to spend MUCH more just so their babies are well looked after from the care and feeding that comes with it!

We make sure we don't buy pet feed that are or have bad publicity and linked to notoreity with food meddling ingredients. THere are lots of dedicated breed clubs with their members, breed judges and Vets within the club who will make sure they are kept abreast with the latest updates of hygiene and food when it comes down totheir specific breed.

I won't feed my dogs for less with mediocre quality food or with unknown brands trying to make into the market with allkindsof fancy give aways and toy packages etc unless they have reasonable proof of their stock being specified, documented and appraise by the leading Agricultural Ministry or breed clubs....and all the way down the breedline.

The saying remains true: the owner may withold the truth and beat about the bush but the dog never lie once it pooped!!!

The condition and size to the color of the faeces will reveal the quality of the feed it lives on. I'll spare you from the details here, some might throw up onto their monitor/screen if I go further on the "rear end" of the production line....

But yes, buy good and balanced food and go learn more on your own, attending dog shows....there you will get to see the true colours of what you need to know precisely and meet up with the real people dedicated to good care and food welfare of a dog's healthy needs!

Unless you have a butler at home that takes care on that front through your expandable budget set aside...dogs can and are usually living far better off than most half starved children in most poverty stricken countries around the globe...so be considerate, in exposing your wealth and pride when you glamourize your beloved breed, many cannot sustain and more so in failing to comprehend the injustice or inbalance given or shown.

YB.

Great come back yogibrood and also consider making your own dog and cat food. Your animals will love ya for it. Gator

Originally Posted by gator

Great come back yogibrood and also consider making your own dog and cat food. Your animals will love ya for it. Gator

Thanks gator... I don't have the opportunity to offer them alli(gator) meat however, they sure enjoy the home recipe of my (Yogibread) own homebake nutritional bread!!!

My little Parrot and cat and dogs all luv it and they go wild & delirious when the bread is towards the last 25 minutes with baking!!! The air is enrichedwith an incredible aroma of freshly baked bread...the YogiBrood, it is called here.


YB.

Please send me the receipt and no I don't think they would like GATOR meat

hehe.LOL

Hi Guys and Gals,

I have been doing this for years. I use to feed reg. meat or chicken with brown rice. Now, its easier...I moved to Wis. and Iowa as well I get my deer from. Its fresh road kill or a friend has gotten hit by a deer and I get it. I quickly clean and freeze it ...then as needed I cook it. Half quarter at a time, then small contain it and it is ready to eat. I make brown rice a couply times a week, add some deer and feed my furrykids. We do not worry about all the junk out there, this is healthy and fresh. My dogs, cats and when I do shoot a deer for us all enjoy it. Only thing I buy is dry food to keep them in extra inbetween quick pick me ups. If I had gators in this neck of the state I would use them too. But, thats just me.

Have a nice day....

[COLOR="Purple"]Ciro, My 2 year-old cream tabby, never coughed up a hairball, in his two years of life. I figured that only long-haired cats had this problem. He had always seemed healthy, eventhough his attitude left much to be desired. I thought he was happy and healthy.

Well about 5 months ago he started throwing up everytime he was feed, which is two times a day. Having not enough money to bring him to the vet at the time, my husband and I decided to feed him smaller amounts of food. About a month after he had started throwing up frequently, my brother introduced me to Xango, a medicinal fruit juice, and after reading testimonies from not only people, but about animals also, we all started drinking the XanGo together. His vomitting subsided all together, until about 2 months into his drinking it (1cc per day in the evening with meals) he proceeded to throwup for about 3 minutes of heaving. I was horrified at what came out of his stomach. 3 huge clumps, which from a distance appeared to be organs or huge chunks of flesh, I screamed to my husband "what did you feed him" I got up the nerve to sop up the fluids to reveal that he did infact have hairballs, but for some reason he was unable to have strong enough contractions to expell them form his intestines. upon examination, I discovered that he was eating rubberbands and that they were entwined with the hair weighing down his intestines.

I am sure that had we brought him to the vet he would have to have surgery. Let me revise that, we would have to put him to sleep, because the cost of his care is not something we would be able to afford. Now he IS TRUELY happy and healthy, and awaiting a girlfriend ( as soon as the Dinar pegs) then we will bring him to the vet to really check him out. His Libido has increased, thus the need for a real companion-Pugsly his stuffed friend does not recipricate his affections. LOL
It works on Humans too!

Marlene, Journey Into Wellness

Hmmm, its chicken from now on for my dogs. LOL! No more By-products.