Thread On Ethics In Pet Food Manufacture

[jools]

I was horrified at some of the items covered on this thread, I think every dog lover on K9 should check it out. :rant:

 

[kim & Tilly]

I was horrified at some of the items covered on this thread, I think every dog lover on K9 should check it out.   :rant:

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Found it.......so if we feed our dogs good fresh food, what do we feed our cats????

 

[~Helen~]

I was horrified at some of the items covered on this thread, I think every dog lover on K9 should check it out.   :rant:

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Found it.......so if we feed our dogs good fresh food, what do we feed our cats????

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well, it's a dilemma isn't it I've tried moving my cats over onto a natural diet - there are some free-flow meat and veg ones that seem very palatable. But the poor old things rebelled and just went on hunger strike and they are such aged creatures I'm not sure what to do. They'll eat tuna, which they have every day for breakfast (but then is tuna ethical :wacko: )

 

[BeeJay]

The free flow meat that people feed. Where does it come from. Which parts of the animals are contained in it. Do you believe that that meat is fit for human consumption.

Also how were those meat animals raised and slaughtered?

Those are also ethical questions connected with pet food manufacture.

 

[~Helen~]

The free flow meat that people feed.  Where does it come from.  Which parts of the animals are contained in it.  Do you believe that that meat is fit for human consumption. 
Also how were those meat animals raised and slaughtered?

Those are also ethical questions connected with pet food manufacture.

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That is interesting, and you're right - we should all think about those aspects.

But IMO, the meat products we feed our animals are by-products of a vast industry which supplies meat of all kinds to the meat-eating public. The animal parts ie stomachs cheek and hearts that aren't destined for human dinner plates already exist and I'd rather my dog ate them, than they were incinerated or disposed of in another way.

Unless we convert the whole country (world?) to free-range and organic meat consumption ethically raised and humanely-slaughtered (and yes! that would be fantastic) or vegetarianism, then these meat products will continue to be non-organic and non-free-range in most cases. But I'd still rather feed that sort of meat to my pets than give them a plateful of mechanically recovered meat by-products, restaurant grease and filler which has little or no nutritional content

It's an interesting and thought-provoking discussion :thumbsup:

 

[Strike Whippets]

It's a difficult one isn't it ...........I must admit though that a couple of these "bad companies" make some very, very specialised diet's that keep millions of dog's and cat's alive, and improve these animals quality of lives dramatically.......I have 1 who without one of these precision diet's would be in constant discomfort ........and selfish as it seem's, i'm glad these diets are about and have been tested and proven just for the sake of my girl :huggles: ........

 

[05whippet]

Just because people eat meat and therefore the vast meat industry exists does not make it right.

In my opinion that makes them (the meat industry) exactly the same as the huge Multi-Nationals.This topic could go on forever.At the end of the day the entire world is run by a handful of Multi-National Companies who brain wash the general public subconciously by ads on t.v etc.

This is just MY opinion,before I set off another debate!! :b