If this were affecting humans, it would be lead story every night, front page news, etc.
The only reason it's picking up momentum again is NOT because of the number of animals dying (apparently that's not a story)... it's because of OTHER aspects of the story: the contaminant not being a certainty, the number of companies doing recalls, the addition of Dry food, etc.... anything BUT the actual sickness/dying of pets is the story at this point.
And did you see that in addition to Hills and Purina, now Del Monte has made some recalls too.
Saturday night recalls - when the corporate offices of all the pet food distributors and retailers in the country are NOT IN, so the foods will go another 2 days (at least) before being pulled from shelves. Sigh.
I hear you. We have friends who are grossed out by what we feed. He called last week to actually gloat that Science Diet hadn't been recalled and their dogs were still happily eating SD. oh and the dogs just had to get back in that week for updates on all their vaccinations. I pray nothing happens to their dogs, but sometimes I get so frustrated that people believe absolutely everything a vet says... I trust a vet for disease, surgery, etc... but they are being brainwashed and passing it on to their patients.