Posted on 03/21/2007 3:30:14 PM PDT by chessplayer
(AP) "The pet food linked to the deaths of 16 animals has shown no signs of contamination, the manufacturer says, and the company cannot explain why some of the cats and dog that ate it developed acute kidney failure and died."
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What are the homeless going to eat now. One was found dead behind the old Burger King in Chestertown,Md.
Not bad stew!
Well then you better keep an eye on your dog too. If he starts scratching himself or licking his private parts (in front of company) during this recall period, that's a bad sign.
Ain't got no dog - ELK
Did this homeless dude eat the pet food or did he eat a dead cat that had eaten the contaminated pet food?
Not bad stew!
Rachel Ray was overheard to say, "It's to die for!"
It is very confusing. I just advised my daughter-in-law tonight to feed their rat terrier whatever they eat and forget the headache of all this. :)
My older girl has allergies, mostly to grass, but I've noticed that her itching has subsided some since switching her to food without corn, wheat and soy.
If you did, you wouldn't have problems with kitty barf lying around.
LOL
Perhaps so. But I'd be curious as to what the difference was in price between the Science Diet foods, and the same type of Ol' Roy food. I'd also be curious to know if the two cans had identical ingredients.
Hopefully the folks at Cornell will find something PDQ.
Well considering how many cans of this stuff were out there, you are bound to have some that eat it die, period, whether it was from the food, or just something else.
Frankly I am too cheap to spend money on canned dog or cat food, so not an issue, and of the dry food I do buy, I know the manufacturer, so I know its not just a rebadge by some big conglomerate that produces the same food under dozens of names.
What this should show us however is just how succeptable our food supply is, imagine if this had not been dog and cat food, but a processing plant for say oh I don't know condensed soup or ravioli? Frankly that's a terrorists wet dream right there, and it would not be that difficult to accomplish... Maybe this was a test run.
Great looking kitties. It's something how they become part of the family...and their loss is just as hard.
Yup. Check out my Lydia's beloved Royal Canin.
This is usually caused by poor diet, cheap food, fillers etc. Our cat has this problem, and must eat special high quality dry food, and still occassionally gets signs of blockage... if caught early enough (not fully blocked) some muscle relaxers and antibiotics clear it up, if not caught early, its a trip to the vet and $100ish to take care of... If it is not taken care of, the cat will become unable to urinate and eventually will die.
From what I've heard, it IS in the gravy types of foods. Haven't they said that from the beginning?
Yes, you are right. The ones we had that died went through hell. Can you even imagine not being able to eliminate? horrible. We were young and stupid then and didn't realize you should not have pets if you lacked the means to properly care for them and get the necessary vet treatments. That won't happen again.
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Shark Attack Hysteria Is Business as Usual for Media
By Brian Carnell
Friday, September 7, 2001
The other day I was watching NBC News which lead off its program with a segment on the latest victims of shark attacks off the coast of the United States. What was odd about this particular news program was that after the segment, NBC ran a second story pointing out that shark attacks in the United States and around the world are little changed from 2000, when every shark attack wasn't featured on nightly news.
In this respect, the media is like a drunk who knows he shouldn't have just one more drink, but cannot muster enough willpower to stop. NBC knew that shark attacks aren't epidemic, but the ratings draw of leading off the news with a horrific attack was just to much to resist.
This is not some oddity, but is paradigmatic of how the news media operate to spread unwarranted fears about everything from cell phones to school violence. As George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack Files summed it up, "It's a media frenzy not a [shark] feeding frenzy."
The media flit from crisis to crisis, rarely providing any sort of context, in-depth analysis, much less follow-up. This is painfully obvious by seeing how quickly poorly thought out stories about the supposed energy crisis have all but disappeared from the American media, to be replaced by equally inane stories about the shark attack crisis and Gary Condit.
Source:
Shark attacks: on the increase?. Kate McGeown, The BBC, August 20, 2001.
BTW, those handsome fellows are purebred burmese, one sable and the other platinum. They are hard to come by, but you will not find a more companionable and FUN breed!
Yuppie Holocaust?!
If people could stop laughing
we'd all be "outraged."
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