feeding dogs and cats vegan

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>you are right. but do you feed your pets cruelty free?

 

The dog, yes. He has been on a vegan kibble since he was a puppy. The cats I

have had more trouble with. I can't get a vegetarian

kibble for cats in Canada though.

 

>how many other animals have to die, only to feed one pet?

 

None.

 

With the cat food, I think it is largely made up of waste products from human

meat production. I don't think that healthy animals

are killed just for pet food. If no humans ate meat anymore (imagine that!)

there would be no waste products available, and vegan

kibble would become more popular because feeding pets on meat that has been

killed just for them wouldn't happen.

 

>do you know about the book: " vegetarian cats and dogs " by

james peden?

 

Yes, thanks. We have a copy.

 

>to the horseback riding: i can't imagine that a horse is

happy to be forced to go in the direction the rider wants,

with the speed the rider wants, ... (and if they are too

old, they are sent to the slaugtherhouse).

 

I agree. Some horses, regretfully, are terribly mistreated.

 

At the same time, there are horses who cared for, and introduced to human ways

very gently and in the process bond so deeply with

certain humans that they become quite willing to help out, and enjoy it. I have

often heard people talk about horses as large,

smart, powerful friends. " Forcing " animals to do the will of a human is rarely

successful, as I understand it. They tend to either

rebel or be broken, and either way, that isn't desireable. Bonding with the

animal, respecting it's needs and nature, is the only

really successful way to enlist it's co-operation, as far as I know.

 

Of course, we COULD easily dispense with the issue of horses if people would

stop breeding them. If humans were to stop breeding

horses (just like I think they should stop breeding dogs and cats on purpose),

there would be no more problem of how to care for the

animals.

 

Deborah

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Deborah,

 

> The dog, yes. He has been on a vegan kibble since he was a puppy.

> The cats I have had more trouble with. I can't get a vegetarian

> kibble for cats in Canada though.

 

In case you would like to give this a try - the company " F & O

Alternative Pet Products " make veg*n cat & dog food and they ship it

to international locations as well. Here is a link to their site:

 

http://vegancats.safeshopper.com

 

There is one more company called " Harbingers of a new age " that makes

similar products and ship them outside of US too:

 

http://www.montanasat.net/vegepet/index.html

 

Many of these foods come fortified with Taurine and also meet the

nutritional requirements established by the Association of American

Feed Control Officials.

 

Srikanth

[Guest guest]

 

srikanthk <srikanthk

November 15, 2000 11:47 PM

Re: feeding dogs and cats vegan

 

 

Hi Deborah,

 

> The dog, yes. He has been on a vegan kibble since he was a puppy.

> The cats I have had more trouble with. I can't get a vegetarian

> kibble for cats in Canada though.

 

In case you would like to give this a try - the company " F & O

Alternative Pet Products " make veg*n cat & dog food and they ship it

to international locations as well. Here is a link to their site:

 

http://vegancats.safeshopper.com

 

There is one more company called " Harbingers of a new age " that makes

similar products and ship them outside of US too:

 

http://www.montanasat.net/vegepet/index.html

 

Many of these foods come fortified with Taurine and also meet the

nutritional requirements established by the Association of American

Feed Control Officials.

 

Srikanth

 

 

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