One of my favorite new blogs is called Worms and Germs. They recently wrote an interesting article about pig ear treats. One thing I had not considered, which they wrote (…) Read more
Toxic Treat: Diseased, Irradiated Ears & Sharp Enough to Put a Hole in a Tire
Diseased Doggie Treats The recent recall of the pig ear chews should come as no surprise considering that a study published in October 2010 found nearly 25% of the pig (…) Read more
Jones Natural Pig Ear Dog Chews Recall
Jones Natural Chews Co Recalls Pig Ear Dog Chews Because Of Possible Salmonella Health Risk Contact: Jones Natural Chews Co 877-481-2663 or 815-874-9500 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 8, 2011 (…) Read more
I'll Have Two Extra Crispy Breasts Please, Hold the Arsenic
Don’t you just hate it when they always give you cancer with your order of chicken? Well, so do a couple of politicians in the State of Maryland. Fed up (…) Read more
Toxic Molds Found in Nearly All Animal Feed; Deadly Aflatoxin in Dog Food Kills Hundreds, Possibly Thousands of Dogs
Mycotoxins are, more frequently than not, present in animal commodities and feed. Out of the more than 3,300 samples tested during the 12 months of 2010, a striking 78% were (…) Read more
Could Cheap Pet Foods Make Pets Dumb and Dumber?
After reading a study that posed a similar question for children fed a diet of junk food, I couldn’t help immediately extrapolating that evidence to include animals. Scientists found that (…) Read more
CNBC Will Not Air Documentary Examining the Pet Food Industry
‘Pet Food’ Documentary Set to Premier Thursday, February 10: Cancelled On Thursday, February 10, CNBC planned to air a documentary that goes inside the US $16 billion dollar petfood industry to determine (…) Read more
A Dog's Breakfast
A fantastic article describing in depth the documentary, that was recently yanked from CNBC’s program schedule this week, “Pet Food: A Dog’s Breakfast”. Do we really know what we're feeding (…) Read more
Safe Meat and Factory Farming: A Contradiction in Terms
Safe Meat A Letter to the Editor of the New York Times To the Editor: Mark Bittman wants to outlaw confined livestock feeding operations because, he says, they harm the (…) Read more
A Story Worth Retelling: A Tool to Track Animal Diseases May Help to Protect Humans
New Online Mapping Tool Tracks Zoonotic Diseases VIENNA — A new online mapping tool will enable scientists and the public to track outbreaks of animal diseases that might jump to (…) Read more