SQ
Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
video about how we are feeding our pets TO DEATH. aside from the moral implications of what we feed our animals, there are very valid health concerns related to many of the lesser-known ingredients in common pet foods. this is an area that many, if not most, vegans have a blind-spot. and even if you're not vegan, knowing what is *actually* in your pets' food is important.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDpksTlEAyI&list=PLmIqdlomtuSt7I243ihATbFWbjPNnycuL&index=47[/ame]
a short list of *some* of the "caring" ingredients in pet foods:
- ligaments
- fat trimmings
- bones
- blood
- pesticides
- rubber
- plastic shavings
- spoiled meat
- styrofoam
- cats, dogs, and their flea collars
- pentobarbital (the poison designed to kill cats and dogs, left from the euthanized cats and dogs in the pet food)
- industrial lubricant
- sick, diseased, dying, disabled and dead animals
- slaughterhouse leftovers
- livestock antibiotics
- hormones
- toxic heavy metals like lead and mercury
- moldy grains
- fecal matter (poop)
- unborn babies
- tumors
- feathers
and much, much more...
vegan dog food : http://goo.gl/3PBdFl
recommendation for vegan cat food here: http://goo.gl/7oO8wp (click on "vegan pet food and products" in the navigation on the right
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See the comments on youtube for various opinions
Personally I (SQ) have no idea what is best for cats (although there are many healthy cats that have been on a good, well balanced nutritious meat free diet for many years)
but dogs are omnivores so a good, well balanced diet is supposed to be good for them
- there is a lot of good info on the internet on this
What is horrifying is what is in pet food that people buy
.... including GMOs
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDpksTlEAyI&list=PLmIqdlomtuSt7I243ihATbFWbjPNnycuL&index=47[/ame]
a short list of *some* of the "caring" ingredients in pet foods:
- ligaments
- fat trimmings
- bones
- blood
- pesticides
- rubber
- plastic shavings
- spoiled meat
- styrofoam
- cats, dogs, and their flea collars
- pentobarbital (the poison designed to kill cats and dogs, left from the euthanized cats and dogs in the pet food)
- industrial lubricant
- sick, diseased, dying, disabled and dead animals
- slaughterhouse leftovers
- livestock antibiotics
- hormones
- toxic heavy metals like lead and mercury
- moldy grains
- fecal matter (poop)
- unborn babies
- tumors
- feathers
and much, much more...
vegan dog food : http://goo.gl/3PBdFl
recommendation for vegan cat food here: http://goo.gl/7oO8wp (click on "vegan pet food and products" in the navigation on the right
=======================
See the comments on youtube for various opinions
Personally I (SQ) have no idea what is best for cats (although there are many healthy cats that have been on a good, well balanced nutritious meat free diet for many years)
but dogs are omnivores so a good, well balanced diet is supposed to be good for them
- there is a lot of good info on the internet on this
What is horrifying is what is in pet food that people buy
.... including GMOs
