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Posts in Category ‘Ethics of Pet Food’

Rainbow Dome Commune

A Hippie’s Guide to Shopping For Sustainable Pet Food

I grew up in a hippy commune in Northern California, where living in sustainability and harmony with nature was a way of life. But, back then, I could have cared (…) Read more

  • October 13, 2022
  • Comment 1
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Mars Petcare’s Sustainable Seafood Pet Food Campaign Sounds Great Until You Do a Little Digging

For over a decade, Mars Petcare, the largest pet food maker in the world, has been promising they would introduce a certified sustainably sourced fish-based pet food, but today, Mars (…) Read more

  • September 8, 2022
  • Comments 0
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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From Stable to Table: Horses Turned into Pet Food & Their Bones Sold as Dog Chews. In America. Right Now.

There have only been a few times in my career as a pet food safety advocate where I stood paralyzed – frozen in horror – when I witnessed something so (…) Read more

  • November 6, 2019
  • Comments 15
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Dolphin-Safe Cat Food? Think Again. Lawsuit Accuses Nestle-Purina of Using Suppliers Whose Fishing Practices Endanger Marine Mammals.

Three separate class action lawsuits filed last week accuse Nestle-Purina PetCare Co., StarKist Co., and Bumble Bee Foods of fraudulently labeling their products as “Dolphin Safe,” while use suppliers whose (…) Read more

  • May 26, 2019
  • Comments 10
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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How Plastic Will End Up in Everything You And Your Pets Eat. Sorry, But it’s True.

A stunning, and deeply troubling, report published in the journal Science Advances, scientists are finding tiny pieces of plastic, in organic fertilizer made from food waste. Microscopic fragments of plastic (…) Read more

  • April 8, 2018
  • Comments 2
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food

Pet Food Institute Backs Puppy Breeding Program to Keep Supply of New Customers Growing

While reading this month’s Pet Business magazine, I came across an article called (prophetically), Dying in the Lap of Luxury. What the article explained, was that there would be shortage (…) Read more

  • March 22, 2016
  • Comments 4
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Obama to Stop Fish Caught by Slaves; Closing Loophole For Goods Made by Slaves to be Imported and Used in Pet Food

Buying cheap fish flavored cat food may just get a little harder. For decades, American companies have legally been allowed to import fish caught by slaves in Southeast Asia — (…) Read more

  • February 22, 2016
  • Comments 5
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Nestle Purina admits putting fish from slave labor in cat food

Nestlé Purina made the stunning admission that they had found evidence of that slaves were used to catch fish – fish used in their cat food. The unusual disclosure comes (…) Read more

  • November 25, 2015
  • Comments 8
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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FDA says: “Food From Genetically Engineered Plants Is Safe To Eat”

Today the FDA publicly declared that “Food From Genetically Engineered Plants Is Safe To Eat.” The agency says since there is no scientific proof that GMOs are bad, therefore, they (…) Read more

  • November 23, 2015
  • Comment 1
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Horrific abuse of rabbits used in pet food, investigation reveals

Crammed into battery cages and suffering in horrific conditions, these beautiful white rabbits may be destined for pet food bought by unsuspecting consumers in the US and abroad. They will (…) Read more

  • November 20, 2015
  • Comments 0
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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