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Posted by monique on March 23, 2007, 3:04 pm
Yep, NPR is saying "rat poison." They're citing 16 animal deaths. If
someone else has counted 240+, I wonder what the real number is? Hug
your critters tight
Monique in TX
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Posted by Jeri on March 23, 2007, 5:02 pm
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> Yep, NPR is saying "rat poison." They're citing 16 animal deaths. If
> someone else has counted 240+, I wonder what the real number is? Hug
> your critters tight
This is so sad. And I don't understand why an investigation isn't being
started! It might not be a criminal act but something has to be done so this
doesn't happen again.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/23/pet.food.recall.ap/index.html
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Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."
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Posted by Jessamy on March 24, 2007, 5:54 am
Probably more... the company will *never* admit to more as they are scared
they will have to pay $$$$ to hundreds of pet owners and not everyone will
connect their pets death to the pet food - many people with older pets feed
them the nice mushy food and well .. if the pet dies they are more likely to
think that their beloved pet died of old age and not of the food.
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Yep, NPR is saying "rat poison." They're citing 16 animal deaths. If
someone else has counted 240+, I wonder what the real number is? Hug
your critters tight
Monique in TX
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Posted by L on March 24, 2007, 12:16 pm
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> Yep, NPR is saying "rat poison." They're citing 16 animal deaths. If
> someone else has counted 240+, I wonder what the real number is? Hug your
> critters tight
I get annoyed with the critters... sometimes I envision a house without
barking, "accidents", and the need for child safety gates.. but then a story
like this comes around and I realize they could have died!
Yes, my dogs ate the expensive "wet" food, mixed with the dry. IAMS brand.
They had run out of the wet about 2 days before the recall (I mixed a little
tuna in the dry for flavor).
Having no packets to look at... I went to the store. And the food was
pulled. I asked the clerks if it was precautionary and they said no.. the
stuff they sold was the stuff that was recalled.
The two little ones (shih tzu and bichon-jack russel mix) look okay at the
moment. But it was just 3 weeks ago that the shi tzu had a bad case of
vomiting and 3 days of lethargy and being just 'off'. My DD finally got her
to eat (by hand feeding treats) and she seems better now... but I am left
to wonder.
The 'rat poison' found is aminopterin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminopterin
It is not even used as a rat poison here in the US. It is a form of folic
acid, which is a vitamin. In the form they found it, it is used in
chemotherapy, with "unpredictable" toxicity.
I have to wonder whether the drug came into being as part of a vitamin
supplement, or whether someone purposely is trying to poison our animals.
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Posted by Val on March 24, 2007, 11:57 am
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> I have to wonder whether the drug came into being as part of a vitamin
> supplement, or whether someone purposely is trying to poison our animals.
The processed wheat gluten was imported from China, cheap labor, cheap
processing, none, if any health regulations, to the Menu pet food plant in
Canada. More than likely they were using the poison for rodent control in
the fields or during grain storage. This practice was stopped here years
ago.
Last night on the news the prof at WSU School of Vet Medicine was saying
they don't even have tests to identify this chemical in blood or tissue
samples so I'm sure one more big company will skate out of their
responsibilities. As she said, if you can't prove that the chemical is in
the animal it will be hard to prove positive that's what killed it. Thank
goodness my 19 year old QI wasn't being fed any of those foods on the lists.
I feel so badly for those who have sick animals now.
The other scam brought to light is that the huge price difference people pay
in what they *think* is "quality" has blown up in the face of the pet food
industry.
Val
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> someone else has counted 240+, I wonder what the real number is? Hug
> your critters tight