I agree with the lawsuit and will be joining it.
Let me say first and foremost that I take my cat to the vet once a year - whether she likes it or not and believe me she does NOT like it! :) I go to the vet every month to get her medicine. And there isn't anything I wouldn't do for her. I believe that when you take on an animal (cat, dog, rabbit, horse, whatever) you take it on for life and it is a family member. You give it shelter, food, medical care and LOTS of LOVE.
My cat has not died BUT I found out that she is in mild renal failure. And yes it is from the recalled food. Her food, Iams, was the food I checked the date and plant codes and my vet recorded the info. I also had a friend double check the numbers before I called the vet to make sure I was not just seeing things.
I am one of the lucky one, my cat did not die and is only in mild failure, so one might ask why sue? Well I asked the same question. But everyone that I have talked to has informed me that now I will be taking my cat for additional vet visits, testing and due to the vets recommendations will be feeding her prescription cat food due to the renal failure. So that is an added cost also. But like many pet owners will agree ... the money isn't the issue as long as the pet is okay. I am not rich by no means BUT I would make my cat do without something that was needed just because of money.
People need to understand that it is okay to do the right thing. And in this case it is the right thing to sue. I mean we didn't accidentally spill HOT coffee on ourselves and wonder why we got burnt. We bought the supposedly better food, Iams and hopes that we were giving out cat better nutrition ... and instead get poisoned. The worst part is they knew for TOO long before they went public with the knowledge. They MAY have been able to save some lives or in my case any damage to the animals.
Thanks for reading.
You also would not have the law on your side, ref. previous "property" law regarding pets, and may need to prove that the renal failure was caused by the batch of food, not just that you have some on hand.
I would bet that the whole thing will be settled by some lawyers getting a chunk of money and pet owners getting some type of rebate or discount coupons. I would also wager that additional pets will be killed intentionally by people trying to cash in on this.