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Posts in Category ‘Ethics of Pet Food’

Purina and Mars Admit Fish Caught by Slaves May Be in Your Pet Food

Imagine you walk down the aisle and choose your favorite fish-flavored cat food; you pause to consider the price or the ingredients. Maybe it’s a Mars brand or a Nestle (…) Read more

  • July 29, 2015
  • Comments 7
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Flavored with Slavery: Fish Flavored Pet Food

If your pet food contains fish meal or fish oil harvested and processed in Asia, it probably was processed by the slave trade. Following the Guardian’s expose of slavery in (…) Read more

  • December 7, 2014
  • Comments 2
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Is there fish in your pet’s food? Chances are it’s contaminated with crap

“Would you like a side of poop to go with your filet o’ fish or a plop o’ poop on your pet’s fish flavored food?” Not many people would say (…) Read more

  • December 7, 2014
  • Comments 5
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Blue Buffalo admits pet food was mislabeled, pets got inferior chicken instead

Blue Buffalo issued a press release telling consumers they just might not have been getting what they paid for. What’s worse, pets were not getting chicken meal but were getting (…) Read more

  • October 15, 2014
  • Comments 29
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Nestlé announces groundbreaking global animal welfare reforms

Nestle, the world’s largest food company and owner of Nestle Purina PetCare, announced it is adopting animal welfare standards across its entire global supply chain – covering over 90 countries (…) Read more

  • August 21, 2014
  • Comments 4
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food

Death by pet food; Mars PetCare accused of exposing workers to deadly gas

An appalling report detailing health hazards inside a Mars pet food plant was released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety (…) Read more

  • January 16, 2014
  • Comments 28
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Royal Canin to help bears in bear-baiting contests they sponsored

After admitting involvement in sponsoring bear-baiting events, pet food maker Royal Canin has agreed to work with the international animal welfare organization Four Paws to rescue and re-home the bears (…) Read more

  • July 31, 2013
  • Comments 8
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Royal Canin admits sponsoring barbaric bear-baiting events

Royal Canin has admitted their involvement in sponsoring brutal bear-baiting events in the Ukraine. Royal Canin Austria, owned by global pet food giant Mars PetCare, released a new statement accepting (…) Read more

  • July 30, 2013
  • Comments 26
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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Royal Canin accused of sponsoring brutal & illegal bear-baiting contests

Yesterday animal welfare organization Four Paws uncovered a scandal involving the international pet food company Royal Canin, owned by global pet food giant Mars PetCare: In recent months the pet (…) Read more

  • July 24, 2013
  • Comments 22
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food

Cats and Dogs, Sentinels in a Silent Spring

  This year marks the 50 year anniversary for Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring. The eponymous book that warned of the dangers of pesticides, a book many say prompted the (…) Read more

  • November 30, 2012
  • Comments 0
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food, Pet Food News
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