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08/01/2018 / By Vicki Batts

How safe are vegan diets for your pet dogs and cats?

Vegan diets are increasingly popular among humans, but is the environmentally conscious and cruelty-free way of eating appropriate for pets? Activists say that pet food is an environmental disaster, especially now that so many pet owners are interested in feeding their dogs and cats a biologically appropriate diet. On the surface, the idea of feeding […]

08/09/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Study reveals that pet cats and dogs account for 30 percent of meat consumption in the U.S.

A new study has shed light on the ecological impact of America’s pet cats and dogs. The meat-eating habits of the 163 million cats and dogs in the United States contribute the equivalent of 64 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent methane and nitrous oxide annually. Moreover, they account for 25 to 30 percent of the […]

05/09/2017 / By Russel Davis

Lawsuit claims deadly horse meat is to blame for outbreak that sickened several dogs this year, killing at least one

Wheeling, Illinois-based Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company Inc. has filed a $20 million lawsuit against Bailey Farms LLC, alleging that the Wisconsin-based meat supplier provided the pet food company with beef containing pentobarbital-tainted horse meat, which was found in Evanger’s Hunk of Beef and Against the Grain dog foods. The pet food company is also alleging that the meat supplier […]

02/02/2017 / By David Gutierrez

20 canned cat food products from popular brands recalled due to dangerously low levels of nutrients

Three separate brands of cat food manufactured by the J.M. Smucker Company have been recalled after tests discovered that they were dangerously low in an essential nutrient, the company announced in conjunction with the FDA. Cat food has been recalled from specific varieties and lots of the brands 9Lives, EverPet and Special Kitty. The cat […]

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