Stop!!! Pet food is healthier than fast food!

[Guest guest]

Hi Linda,

 

That was my point in posting it (fast food being incredibly unhealthy).

 

You mentioned the disgusting bits in pet food. Isn't that a primary

cause of Mad Cow - what they are consuming? Nasty.

 

As for coming over for dinner. I'll leave that up to you. I shall

serve you a splendid entree of boiled celery. The water will be

infused with the hottest chile known to man.

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2113507,00.html

 

JK. I'll cook for you whatever you like. Just bring over the vegan

substitutes and we can make do.

 

S.

 

 

 

 

While pet food may be lower in fat, salt and sugar of fast foods that

> doesn't say anything about the quality of the pet food for human

> consumption, but of the quality of our fast foods. Omgoddess. Doesn't that

> freak you out?

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Apparently our cats are in danger since the laws don't cover them. The rest

of our animals are also in danger, just that they haven't found it BSE in

them. However, it has been found in wild animals, such as dear in the

norther regions. Foods not deemed suitable for humans are turned into pet

food. As are pets killed at shelters or vets.

 

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petfoods.htm

 

Currently in the U.S. , animal products that are prohibited from cattle feed

are acceptable for use in pet food. Such products include meat and bone

meal, for example.With the exception of cats, no pets (companion animals)

are known to be susceptible to the infectious agent that causes BSE in

cattle. No evidence of BSE has ever been found in dogs, horses, birds, or

reptiles. However, cats are susceptible. Approximately 90 cats in the UK and

several cats in other European countries have been diagnosed with the feline

version of BSE, or FSE. Before it was recognized that they were susceptible

to the BSE agent, cats were exposed to the infectious agent through

commercial cat food or through meat scraps provided by butchers. The number

of reported cases of FSE in the UK and Europe has been declining annually

since 1994 after implementation of feed bans in those countries.

 

This is about euthanized pets ending up in your pet food. You can find other

supporting evidence as with the testing of pet foods and finding drug traces

used to euthanize pets.

 

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Perhach/PetFood/CompanionAnimals.htm

 

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.

 

In 1998, the CVM went about testing dry dogs foods containing the

ingredients meat and bone meal, animal digest, animal fat and beef and bone

meal. They found the drug in 31 of 37 foods tested.

 

http://www.helpinganimals.com/factsheetFactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=34

If you have been feeding your companion animals commercial pet foods, you

may be jeopardizing their health. Supermarket pet foods are often composed

of ground-up parts of animals deemed by U.S. Department of Agriculture

inspectors unfit for human consumption. The flesh of animals who fall into

one of the categories of the four D's-dead, dying, diseased, or disabled-is

what often goes into pet food. Many of these animals have died of infections

and other diseases. In all but a few states it is legal to remove unusable

parts from chickens and sell them to pet food manufacturers. Most pet foods

contain the same hormones, pesticides, and antibiotics that are found in

commercial meat products for humans.

 

 

Sobbing! Shawn doesn't want me to come to dinner as he know I will never eat

celery or not Dorset Naga for sure! Hospital ambulance rides don't quite

match my idea of excitement, but go why ahead and we will hold a beautiful

funeral service for you with hilarious stories about the life and times of

Shawn..

 

I knew why you sent the post dear! LOL But I was fearful that maybe I would

tick you off before then and you would change the menu. <grinning>

linda

 

" subprong " <subprong

 

 

> Hi Linda,

>

> That was my point in posting it (fast food being incredibly unhealthy).

>

> You mentioned the disgusting bits in pet food. Isn't that a primary

> cause of Mad Cow - what they are consuming? Nasty.

>

> As for coming over for dinner. I'll leave that up to you. I shall

> serve you a splendid entree of boiled celery. The water will be

> infused with the hottest chile known to man.

>

> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2113507,00.html

[Guest guest]

On 4/1/06, linda wrote:

>

>

>

>

> Sobbing! Shawn doesn't want me to come to dinner as he know I will never

> eat

> celery or not Dorset Naga for sure! Hospital ambulance rides don't quite

> match my idea of excitement, but go why ahead and we will hold a beautiful

> funeral service for you with hilarious stories about the life and times of

> Shawn..

>

 

LMAO - Do me a favor and cremate my remains. No sense in all of that waste

on caskets and taking up more land space as such. Also no procession please

as that will be sucking in tons of fuel and spitting out tons of pollution.

Just throw my ashes into a small area of ground with some chile seeds

please! ~

 

I knew why you sent the post dear! LOL But I was fearful that maybe I would

> tick you off before then and you would change the menu. <grinning>

> linda

>

 

Of course I would. How about Amy's Sante Fe stew (pic in photo section).

I'll have to put in those anasazi beans (am I spelling that correctly?) that

you like instead of the pintos I subbed last time. It was perfect without

the lime juice. Are you up for that? Shall I keep it pepperless?

 

After dinner we can discuss how ironic it is that they try to hide nasty

ingredients not only in pet foods but ingredients used in human fast food

places as well.

 

I don't mean to get all Fear Factor on ya but would you rather eat a pea

sized chunk of meat or a whole head (is that the correct term " ) of celery?

I have a feeling the celery won't be as bad as you think after that question

is posed.

 

Hasta la pasta,

S.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

i had to have my cat euthanized last oct. i had no where to bury her,

so i had to have her cremated (which i paid for). i couldn't afford

the additional $200 to have her cremains returned to me. i was really

upset about that and was worried about her being made into pet food.

so, i asked my vet and she said that once the animals are cremated,

that there is no organic material/nutritional value so the cremains

wouldn't be used in pet foods. she didn't really know where the

cremains would end up, though. i would hate to think that animals

euthanized at vets' and shelters are sent to rendering plants and not

actually cremated.

 

, " linda " <lindai81

wrote:

>

>

> Apparently our cats are in danger since the laws don't cover them.

The rest

> of our animals are also in danger, just that they haven't found it

BSE in

> them. However, it has been found in wild animals, such as dear in the

> norther regions. Foods not deemed suitable for humans are turned

into pet

> food. As are pets killed at shelters or vets.

>

[Guest guest]

> LMAO - Do me a favor and cremate my remains. No sense in all of

> that waste on caskets and taking up more land space as such. Also

> no procession please as that will be sucking in tons of fuel and

> spitting out tons of pollution. Just throw my ashes into a small

> area of ground with some chile seeds please! ~

 

You know, this is my plan too (well, minus the chile seeds).