"Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food" (edited w/ more info)
Has anyone read this book by Ann N. Martin?
I just read the third edition, and feel strongly that every pet owner should read it and pass it along.
EDITED TO ADD: more information at:
http://www.newsagepress.com/foodpetsdiefor.html
She gets down to the nitty gritty of the pet food industry, including where all the ingredients come from, shocking horrors on how very little rules there are on pet foods, and the FDA's responses to pressing questions. There's information on every aspect of commercial pet food, and this book may be upsetting, but every pet owner needs to read it. It might make you think twice about what you give your beloved Corgi.
I just read the third edition, and feel strongly that every pet owner should read it and pass it along.
EDITED TO ADD: more information at:
http://www.newsagepress.com/foodpetsdiefor.html
She gets down to the nitty gritty of the pet food industry, including where all the ingredients come from, shocking horrors on how very little rules there are on pet foods, and the FDA's responses to pressing questions. There's information on every aspect of commercial pet food, and this book may be upsetting, but every pet owner needs to read it. It might make you think twice about what you give your beloved Corgi.
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Permalink Reply by GoGoRainbow on
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give a synopsis?
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I haven't read it but will try to...when I think of what's in our people food I absolutely hate to think of what our lovable 4 legged little ones get put into theirs! I recently had someone tell me proudly that his son fed their dogs a raw meat diet....which is good until he said he bought the "not fit for human consumption" chicken and I though...oh my...
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Very interesting, and certainly won't stop any debate. One nutritionist on there feeds kibble, another says kibble alone is not good.
Certainly a more balanced program than much of the other information out there, and something to think about for all of us.
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Permalink Reply by Garrett, Katie, & Conan on
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Does it have bad things to say about every kibble? I know the ideal dog diet is raw feeding. I don't feed raw but I do feed grain free. I'm interested to see if it has to say anything about Orijen and other organic, grain free foods. I would like to read it but I'm a senior in college busy reading textbooks :(
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Permalink Reply by Linsey & Grissom on
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No, it doesn't bash all dog foods, in fact there's a whole chapter dedicated to what dog food companies Ann N Martin spoke with and found their foods to be reliable and trustworthy. Orijen is on that list.
Last night I read the chapter on cruel animal testing and dog food companies, which of course Iams is the leader of, followed by Science Diet. The testing done by Iams is absolutely horrific, and serves no purpose. As if the less than mediocre ingredients weren't enough to keep me far away from that food, I simply can't support their cruelty.
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I'm glad to hear Orijen is on the good list. For a minute there I thought I'd have to convince Garrett to switch Conan's food again! I know Iams does horrible things to animals. I'm not sure of the specifics, but I'm not sure I want to know. I wasn't aware about Science Diet though, but I'll be spreading the word. I'll have to grab this book even if I can only skim through it. Does it cover cat food as well? I assume the companies are generally the same with cat food as they are with dog food.
Great post! Thanks for the important info. :)
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You might not want to know the specifics! I read it in bad, cuddled up with grissom and actually got teary eyed thinking about the poor animals in their torture facility, glad little Griss was safe with me. :-(
It really is a great book, and it's only like $11 USD at Barnes & Noble. It's not very long, either so it's easy to read.
It does cover cat food. It's about the pet food industry in general, and most pet food companies make both cat and dog food, so it does cover both. It even covers people food inasmuch that the two industries are very much so involved with eachother.
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I would be the same way. I just can't even think about animal abuse. It breaks my heart. At $11, the book is definitely within my budget so I'll be getting it soon :)
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A lot of the Iams cruelty stuff has been debunked. I'll post links when I get home. PETA has an agenda and are not always totally above-board.
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I don't agree with, or believe what PETA says and does. What I do trust is someone entirely uninvolved, with places, dates, and experiments logged.
PETA has nothing to do with this book.
It is beyond me that any dog food company could claim to care at all about animals and be torturing them behind doors. This thread is NOT about Iams, and there is no need to turn it into that. Animal testing done by dog food companies is covered in a chapter of this book, and Iams was in it a lot. Ignorance is NOT bliss.
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Hi Linsey,
You had said this: "Last night I read the chapter on cruel animal testing and dog food companies, which of course Iams is the leader of, followed by Science Diet. The testing done by Iams is absolutely horrific, and serves no purpose. As if the less than mediocre ingredients weren't enough to keep me far away from that food, I simply can't support their cruelty."
and then Conan said: "I know Iams does horrible things to animals."
I was simply responding with an opposing view. I am puzzled by your response that "this thread is not about Iams and there is no need to turn it into that." I was directly responding to claims about Iam's that were already made by others.
Google is there for anyone, so I won't post the links. Virtually every Iam's Cruelty post on Google seems to deal directly with that one under-cover infiltration by a PETA representative, which is why I mentioned them.
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