Pet-food recall: The AP expands the story … a tiny, little bit
By Gina Spadafori
March 26, 2007
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The Associated Press told Dr. Becker that they would expand on the numbers. Hmmmm … I guess this is an expansion, although the AP still refuses to report more than 15 deaths, and is still relying on FDA information, despite Dr. Becker’s offer to put them in touch with source after source after source after … well, you get this, I know. Here’s the latest:
Mar 26, 4:43 PM EDT
NY Lab Doing Further Pet Food Testing
By MARK JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The laboratory that identified the poison believed to be responsible for the death of pets around the country has started testing individual components of the tainted pet food to determine which ingredient was contaminated, officials said Monday.Scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory on Friday identified aminopterin as the likely culprit in a poisoning scare that prompted the recall of 95 brands of “cuts and gravy” style dog and cat food.
Department of Agriculture and Markets spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden did not know when the lab would have results from the new tests.
[...] Some pets that ate the food suffered kidney failure, and the company has confirmed the deaths of 15 cats and one dog. The FDA has reported more than 4,400 calls from concerned pet owners.
Emphasis mine, of course. Oh, you silly concerned pet-owners. What do you know? Am I the only one alarmed by the greater implications of this? That a single reporter and his editors can decide to go no further than the government line, and in effect, squelch a story?
In the meantime, our latest self-reported numbers (4 p.m. PT): 1,871 deceased pets (1067 cats/ 804 dogs).
We’ve reported earlier on the courageous, real reporting work done by USA Today and ABC News, among others. And of reports from Banfield the Pet Hospital and the Animal Medical Center suggesting the number of pets affected may be in the thousands.
We’ve been informed we won’t be getting more numbers publicly from Banfield, however. In a release sent to us minutes ago — but not yet on their Web site — they issued this statement:
Banfield is assisting the FDA in their investigation of the Menu Foods recall. All Banfield’s Pet medical records are linked through a central computer system, giving Banfield the capability of rapidly collecting a large amount of Pet data. We hope that our cooperation with the FDA will shed light on the problem and help the many Pets affected by these diets.
We’ll link to the entire release when it’s up on their Web site. Banfield has been tireless in not only getting information but also helping pet-lovers, even offering a discount. They’ve done a great job. And we have no doubt the FDA needs the help. But still, we can’t help but be disappointed that Banfield’s information will only come out through the government now.
Now, from yet another source, here’s an indication of how potentially widespread the incidents of pet illness and death might be. The Veterinary Information Network (VIN.com), an online service for veterinary professionals — not open to the public, although its companion Veterinary Partner site is — has collated cases posted on its message boards by members veterinarians of acute kidney failure reported to be related to implicated foods.
From more than 18,000 VIN member veterinarians in private practice, 255 spontaneously posted cases they believed related to the recalled food. The numbers, according to VIN’s president, Dr. Paul D. Pion, Dip., American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology)*:
The VINners reported 471 cases of acute renal failure, and 292 outcomes known. Of those, 104 pets died, 59 survived and 129 are still under care.
Among cats, 342 cases, 237 outcomes known, 88 cats died, 45 survived and 104 are still under care.
Among dogs, 93 cases, 42 outcomes known, 11 died, 7 survived and 24 are still under care.
Another 36 cases didn’t specify whether patients were dogs or cats.
*(Disclaimer: Dr. Pion is my co-author on the book, “Cats For Dummies,’ and I briefly worked for VIN after leaving the Sacramento Bee in 1996.)
Again, we ask: What’s up, AP?
This story is dying because the FDA will not release information, and much of the media won’t ask about what’s right in front out their noses.
- Call the FDA to report your information
- Call your veterinarian and ask him or her to report to your state veterinarian, also for the FDA
- Enter your pet in our database
More:
- A good link to information from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. It’s for veterinarians, but it’s a good read for pet-owners, too.
- A couple of politicians have finally decided to look into this.
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I’m too disgusted with the AP and the media to know what to say right now.
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
I’d like to know where else the poisoned wheat went - how safe is anything? And these pets are like children, what if the wheat went to thicken baby food - how concerned would the FDA be then?
Comment by Linda — March 26, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
We need to start contacting our representatives and demand an inquiry. Corporations are OUT OF CONTROL. Pet Food, Human Food, these food event crisis’s are getting out of control and out of hand in this country.
I’m not reacting. I’m just telling it like it is.
Comment by Steve — March 26, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
The other “excuse”. . . .
The massive recall has sparked calls for Canada’s pet food industry to be regulated like its counterparts in the U.S., the United Kingdom and the European Union.
The Pet Food Association of Canada said the industry in this country already is well self-regulated.
“Regulation would not have changed the recall situation that Menu Foods recently experienced in any way shape or form and case in point that the two plants in the U.S. that were found to be involved in the recall are regulated and it didn’t do anything to stop this from happening,” said the association’s executive director Martha Wilder.
http://www.canada.com/topics/n.....mp;k=82033
Comment by Steve — March 26, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
See it, study it, absorb it, think about it.
Canada’s pet food industry is not regulated.
Comment by Steve — March 26, 2007 @ 5:34 pm
Well lookie here and see what I found… gee, it’s a list of the names, phone numbers, and email addresses for every AP Bureau Chief, one for each state. Straight from their own website…
Wonder what we could do with these?
http://www.ap.org/media/pdf/Co....._08.08.pdf
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
nice job kim!!
Comment by Lindsay A. Glass — March 26, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
Having once hailed from the state of IL, I just wrote Dick Durbin a note thanking him for bringing this issue up and sending him here for numbers. I also asked the FDA be required to speak on this issue daily, as they would in a human food scare.
The other Senator is from CT. If you live either in IL or CT (or even if you don’t!) please write them and show them there are more than a few people interested in this issue.
http://durbin.senate.gov/
http://www.house.gov/delauro/
Comment by Cathy — March 26, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
When is Menu going to come clean with the public?
Comment by Steve — March 26, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
Mar 26, 2007 5:35 pm US/Eastern
Conflicting Information On Pet Food Recall
KDKA) PITTSBURGH There’s new confusion about the recall of pet food contaminated with rat poison that may have killed dozens of cats and dogs.
The confusion is over what the manufacturer says on its website and what operators on Menu Food’s toll-free hotline are telling customers — basically they’re saying two different things.
http://kdka.com/local/local_story_085164148.html
Comment by Steve — March 26, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
Oopsie, looks like I forgot to include the information for the reporter filing the stories…
Mark Johnson mejohnson@ap.org
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
Amy posted a great email earlier, perfect for sending to the AP and other media. I’m putting a copy here to make it easy to copy and paste into your own email. Please do.
Amy - can I post this on my site and to the Yahoo group?
Thank you for your continued coverage on this vitally important issue, however I would like to make a suggestion. Menu Foods is releasing death totals based on preserving their public image, not factual information.
With Banfield Vet Hospitals making public statements regarding hundreds of known deaths resulting from tainted pet food and thousands of illnesses, along with several Universities and the “official” database at petconnection.com, as a public informant do you not believe it to be prudent to also report this information worldwide?
As reporters you are in fact investigators of the truth, typically this does not include feeding the public falsified information from large corporations.
Do you remember reporting on the Enron situation? The reports had little to do with what the company wanted to project, but in what you as reporters had learned doing some digging. Do you not think the same is due the public now?
Far fewer American people were affected by the Enron fallout than by this pet food recall. 140 million homes within the US have pets. 140 million households did not own Enron stock.
Please, please visit:
http://www.petconnection.com/b.....he-numbers
You will find over 1700 reports of pet deaths due to the food recall. There are many more cases of illness. Contact the writers of this site, the people who have created this database and compiled these heart wrenching numbers. They will gladly assist you in obtaining any information you need to reveal this information to the public.
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
well, I have one suggestion involving a good ‘ol bit of citizen activism… Recently I published the email
info@ap.org
in the comments of this blog. I sent the AP a nice letter asking them to look into the number of deaths and perhaps doing some research.
I will now send them another nice, polite letter. BUT, this time I will press “backspace” and “send” approximately 100 times. If everyone who posts in these comments sections does the same, I’m thinking it might get their attention.
I actually didn’t have any respect for the AP before this debacle, they have been known to “shape” news to fit their own premise in the past, I am even less impressed now and have also lost my patience with them.
This is solely my opinion and should not reflect upon any of the authors of Petconnections.com
John
Comment by John Pierce — March 26, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Where is China in all this? why, not a peep from them? What has this silence got to do with the US/China trade?
What about the Trans Texas Corridor being built to bring even more unregulated products into the US by millions of tons?
Gary
Comment by Gary — March 26, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
I lost my only 2 cats on March 19 to kidney failure after feeding them Special Kitty food from Walmart..George was 2 years and Tigger was only 6 months old. I rescued both of them when they were only 4 weeks old. I live in Palmyra Pennsylvania and I am looking for a class-action lawsuit to join, can anyone PLEASE help me? I am just devastated by the delayed reaction of the manufacturer.
Comment by Anna — March 26, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
Anna, first of all, I’m sorry for your unspeakable loss. To have rescued two beauties and then to loose them like this is just awful. :(
Secondly, there is a Yahoo Group formed in regards to a class action suit. Membership is required. You can find it here:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com.....assAction/
Good luck, and again, I’m very sorry for your loss.
Comment by Elderta — March 26, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
This is great info! Thank you so much. I have also been trying to contact BIG radio stations to get them to do a little reporting of their own. We need to get the word out! It is still devastating that SO many people are still buying these foods! I just wish they would do a big story on Dateline or something.
Comment by Jeanna — March 26, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
Hi Anna, I’m SO sorry for your loss.
There is a Yahoo Group that you might want to join, it’s fast and free. It’s at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com.....assAction/
And howl911.com has most if not all of the legal links, and many others.
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
Ooops, took too long typing and others beat me to it. =^..^=
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 6:46 pm
Hi All,
What a great job eveyone on here is doing! Thanks a million to all the pet supporters! I wanted to include a letter I have been sending out to as many people who just MIGHT read it and have a heart. Local tv stations, radio stations, the AP, etc.—Please feel free to copy it if you want:
Dear (To whom it may concern),
I am writing this email out of pure concern for the public and their pets…their family. As you may already know about the pet food recall, the number of deaths the media seems to be reporting,16, is so far off! There are still so many people who have not even heard of the recall! Or, if they have, a majority only think the unsafe foods are Iams and Nutro (the companies the press seems to be fixated on). There are 97 brands involved! Many peoples animals are still dying everyday! Many grocery stores and pet food stores are STILL carrying the recalled food! I am begging that you can do a story on this issue to spread the word. To let others know how very serious this issue is! Over 1,700 animals have died according to a survey on just one website! Think of how many people do not know about this particular site….how many more have ACTUALLY died! My guess would be several more thousand at the very least! And, this is the amount who have ACTUALLY DIED! Think of how many are sick!
I am not a part of any organization or anything like that. I am just a girl that loves animals. And, I know, that for some people, their pet is their ONLY family. I don’t know what more I can do to spread the word. Of course I tell everyone I know. I send out emails. But that will only go so far.
I just ask that you look at the link I have attached to this email. Read for yourself what it says. Gather your own opinion on it. If you feel there may be some validity to it, please, please, PLEASE report a story on it. The news needs to spread. This issue is being shoved in the corner in hopes that it will all go away. It cannot go away. Too many people and too many animals have suffered greatly.
Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. Anything you can do to help is VERY GREATLY appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Your Name
Informative Links:
http://www.petconnection.com/b.....e-numbers/
Our current numbers 1,716 dead pets as of 9 p.m. PT. As we’ve said before, these are self-reported numbers, but if nothing else they strongly suggest the numbers are higher than the “official” count of 16, more than half of which included animals killed feeding trials.
http://www.howl911.com/
A great site that will link you to a lot of answers.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/rele.....c6329.html
Latest Press Release from Menu foods
Comment by Jeanna — March 26, 2007 @ 7:15 pm
I wrote to my congressman. Very easy to do by e-mail. Let them know how you feel about importing bulk food from developing nations with no regulations or inspection. The fact that so many cans/pouches were involved shows that there is something wrong with the whole process. I read a post on another site that said the poison is not water soluable, and the process of removing the starch from the wheat magnifies the amount of poison since it binds with the gluten. But why is the poison there to begin with? Don’t know if this makes sense or not. Any chemists out there?
Comment by Melinda — March 26, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
GULP! Wow…these numbers are hard to swallow. Up, up, up they go! What is wrong with our system! What is wrong with the AP…how come this is still so hidden!?
A plea to everyone, PLEASE notify everyone possible to keep this story ALIVE! These companies NEED to pay for what they have done!!!
If anyone has any connection to major media, please do whatever you can to get SOMEONE to listen.
A big THANKS to Pet Connection, Itchmo, Kim, Howl911 and others for continuing to update us and keep us informed! THANK YOU!
Comment by Jeanna — March 26, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
I just have to wonder about AP and the low key reporting on this issue. Seems to me that ALL newspapers love to print bad and horrifying news as much as possible. They especially love it when it has to do with pets and kids. So why would they lay down on this issue and keep a low profile? I just quite can’t believe it’s because they actually think there’s only 16 dead pets. I wonder if FDA is busy checking human food in the meantime. Hmmmmmm.
Comment by Cathy — March 26, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
Thank you for keeping this site up to date. I am really sad that this has not made the news more than it has, and that the deaths are still listed as 16!!! We lost our cat Feb. 16, after eating special kitty. We didn’t even think that he could have been poisoned by his food until the recall. All we really knew was that he got sick, lost weight, had very bad breath and drooled, and we didn’t know why, we attributed it to canker sores, but we didn’t know how he could have gone from canker sores in his mouth to kidney failure in two weeks! But we thought it was just our cat until all this came out almost a month after our cat died. He couldn’t even stand, he was so sick the last day! Anyway keep up the great work! You can’t trust all the news channels on TV, you’re one of the few sites I look to on the internet for reliable news.
Comment by Darlene — March 26, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
I reported the death of my Cocker Spaniel, Lissa, last week. She had been eating Nutro Ultra Senior exclusively for two years. She ate about two cans from the tainted food we had purchased and despite every effort by her Vet she died within 10 days. I contacted Menu Foods, the FDA and our county health department. I’m just writing today to say thanks to Pet Connection for trying to keep us informed and for putting the “numbers” out there for us to see. Our hearts are broken over the loss of our sweet little girl as are everyone else’s who has lost a pet to this tragedy. Thanks for acknowledging her death as a result of this pet food poisoning. No one else will.
Comment by Cindy Pratt — March 26, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
As of today, all other causes have been eliminated for the failing health of my 6 yr old cat. I am very saddened and have reported on this website and to the FDA. When I spoke with the FDA representative, she said they have been receiving numerous calls AND numerous death reports. She also said there are regulations that were not met and the FDA had not strictly enforced. I am not surprised but do not know what regulations were not met. I would also think FDA reports should be public record. Surely we can get away from “16” as the official number!
Comment by Shelli — March 26, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
At least they’re not silent in Oregon.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/bre.....kened.html
Updated: Oregon’s toll of pets sickened by food rises to 47, including 12 deaths
Posted by The Oregonian March 26, 2007 16:45PM
Comment by Cathy — March 26, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
Might I suggest that everyone also send queries and complaints of inaction and under-reporting to the following:
http://www.aspca.org
http://www.hsus.org
http://www.pasadosafehaven.org
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com
http://animal.discovery.com
Perhaps if these mega-orgs and companies would put their considerable combined weight behind this issue, some good might come of it. I’ve been exhorting these companies who all, to date, have done very little or nothing at all about the recall, to stop their silence and do the what they claim they are in the business of doing: Protecting the animals. Ask them to stop putting the concerns of their sponsors, advertisers and corporate donors (i.e., the pet food companies) ahead of the safety of our pets.
Comment by Nikki — March 26, 2007 @ 8:14 pm
You should also “cc” the following in your emails to the Associated Press:
http://www.aspca.org
http://www.hsus.org
http://www.pasadosafehaven.org
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com
http://www.hssv.org
http://animal.discovery.com
Perhaps if any one of these mega-orgs or companies put their considerable weight behind this issue, something might get done. Ask these orgs and companies why, to date, they have done either very little or absolutely nothing at all in helping to bring this tragedy to the forefront of the American media and public. Ask them to stop their campaign of inaction and silence and start doing what they claim is their purpose: Serving and protecting the animals. Ask them to stop putting the concerns of their donors, sponsors and advertisers (i.e., the pet food companies) above the health and welfare of our four-legged family members, service aides and constant companions. Ask them to get off their bureaucratic, self-serving butts and do their jobs!
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Tell me why–-please, help me understand–-why the folks at the ASPCA, the HSUS, Pasado Safe Haven and all the other organizations whose jobs it is to protect and serve the animals–WHY they are doing seemingly very little, or in some cases, absolutely nothing, to help spread the word to uninformed pet parents about this food recall. Why aren’t they pounding on the Associated Press’ doors, demanding accurate news reporting? Why aren’t they plastering info and daily updates on the recall on their website’s homepages, to help keep this crisis alive and in the forefront so that corporate lawyers and media shills (like the AP) cannot succeed in burying it by continuing to under-report the facts (”15 confirmed deaths” ?!!!!) At the ver LEAST, why hasn’t the ASPCA sent out one of their routine email alerts about the food recall. Four months ago, they let us know about the dangers of poinsettias. Three months ago they warned us of the poisonous potential of xylitol. And just last month they alerted us to the recall of peanut butter and Wild Kitty raw food–even though no pet deaths had been reported from either.
So why, then, have there been no ASPCA email alerts about this recall? Why is there ZERO mention of it on the ASPCA’s animal poison control webpage? Why is the ONLY mention of the recall on the ASPCA’s homepage confined to a very small, obscure reference, placed, as they say, below-the-fold on their webpage? Check out the HSUS’ webpage and any reference to the recall is even more obscure. Check out Pasado’s webpage and you’ll find NOT ONE WORD. Ditto for Cesar Milan’s Dog Psychology Center webpage and Animal Planet’s, too. Zip, nada, nothing.
How do these people–the people who put greed for donations, sponsorships and advertising dollars over the lives of the very animals they claim to serve–how do they sleep at night? Their inexcusable silence is contributing, no doubt, to yet more senseless harm and death to our pets. They won’t be getting any more of my hard-earned dollars, not one dime, until they step up to the plate and start doing their jobs…
I am so very very disappointed, in each and every one of them.
Comment by Nikki — March 26, 2007 @ 8:27 pm
EVERYONE: Please send an Email to Dateline NBC. Maybe we could get a major story if enough people are concerned and contact them!
email:
dateline@nbc.com
I know this is an automated response, but this is what they will send you back:
Thank you for your E-Mail to Dateline NBC. We are very pleased with the enormous response we are getting. Although we cannot write a personal note to each of you, we do print out our messages, look at them and discuss your comments and reaction, and we do sometimes quote your E-Mail on the air in our ‘feedback’ segment. If your correspondence is in reference to a specific segment, that letter will be forwarded to the segment producer for review.
If you have a specific story suggestion please send it to:
STORY SUGGESTIONS
Dateline NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Comment by Jeanna — March 26, 2007 @ 8:44 pm
Jeannna - good idea, will include Dateline.
Nikki - I totally agree. I was horrified when I checked the Best Friends site this morning and there is just one small link at the bottom of the page.
What is WRONG with these people?
I keep remembering Shephard on the overpass in New Orleans on Day 3 or 4 - he totally broke down because it was so incomprehensable that nothing was being done.
I’m feeling that way now.
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 8:56 pm
Oops, that should have said Shepherd Smith… (of Fox News)
Comment by Kim — March 26, 2007 @ 8:57 pm
Kim,
You can absolutely use my email as a reference! Please post it along with your list of AP contacts. I will keep sending out emails to the local media, Dateline NBC now, my local presses, radio stations, political officials, etc. We cannot let them decide that our pets illness’ and deaths mean nothing.
Comment by Amy Boda — March 26, 2007 @ 9:51 pm
Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy killed my grandson’s 5 year old shepard mix and landed our 20 month old Golden Retriever in the hospital on antibodics and IV’s for two days, kidney failure both dogs. The golden is not out of the woods yet, more blood tests Thursday will tell more. The vet bills are nearing $1000. The common thread in these two dogs the Alpo we buy for both of them. Twice a month my husband has bought 4 cases of Alpo, 2 for each house. My grandchildren live across the street. The boys have lost their best friend, and we are holding our breath to see what happens to our golden. The boys are passing out flyers warning people. We have written to all the new stations and newspapers and Oprah. The number of dead pets are staggering. There is more tainted food than that reported.Thank you for providing the information to report. Thankfully our vet is a Banfield facility. They agree it only could have been the food with the toxin in it.
Susan
Comment by Susan — March 26, 2007 @ 10:10 pm
Still no information on the New Jersey plant code. Menu and the FDA seem to agree that tainted products went to BOTH plants, FDA inspectors went to BOTH plants, but the recall website still lists only the plant code for the plant in Emporia Kansas.
Comment by Joe Weihe — March 26, 2007 @ 10:29 pm
I read thru the Veterinary Partner website mentioned above and it says “Because aminopterin may result in bone marrow problems, owners should also be on the lookout for bruising, bleeding, and blood in the feces.”
Well one more problem that our cat had along with the vomiting, anorexia, excessive water consumption which lead to coma then death. Her bone marrow was not regenerating red blood cells and had blood in her stools early on, AND she was not eating food on the recall list, she was eating Nutro Max Gourmet Classics, California Chicken Supreme. It is a cuts and gravy style (with wheat gluten) but in a 3 oz can, Nutro only has pouch foods shown on the recall list for cats…..Has anyone heard any more about the one Drs attempt a few days ago to get a lab to accept food samples for testing? Im thinking because her food is not on this list, we are going to have to try to get it tested on our own…..Thank you
Comment by Sandi — March 26, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
Hi Sandi,
First of all, I am so so deeply sorry for your loss.
This info is on the Howl911.com website. If you scroll to the bottom of their webpage, they list all the recalled foods & extra info. This is what is says:
22. Nutro Max Cat California Chicken Supreme, 3 oz cans, “use by” date 05-16-09. (not on Menu Foods official recall list, but is suspected of causing same symptoms as the recalled food, resulting in death.)
Why are these companies still acting like their food is not a major problem!? Why are they NOT taking responsibility? They are very sick people!
Comment by Jeanna — March 26, 2007 @ 11:31 pm
I remember Shepherd Smith almost breaking down. It tugged at my heartstrings, the victims of Katrina, and this is almost as bad, but not even a blip on Fox News or any of the other news agencies today. It’s like it never happened. They are more concerned over a murder/suicide/accidental death, whatever than the real news. I think there is so much more than is being revealed to us! 16 deaths is pitiful from what I’ve been reading here. Tomorrow the numbers will pass 2,000!
Comment by Darlene — March 26, 2007 @ 11:33 pm
PS-the Nutro Max Gourmet Classic IS on the recall list.
Comment by Jeanna — March 26, 2007 @ 11:33 pm
Anyone in Northern, CA…CBS 13/ and 31 ARE reporting this story as well as having a link on their web page to this very site! Amen to a media source who actually hears its followers!
Comment by Amy Boda — March 26, 2007 @ 11:54 pm
http://www.dallasnews.com/shar.....d899a.html
Check it out! We have made news in Dallas!
Comment by Amy Boda — March 27, 2007 @ 12:08 am
http://www.dallasnews.com/shar.....d899a.html
Comment by Amy Boda — March 27, 2007 @ 12:08 am
GREAT! Finally! Hopefully this news will continue to spread like a wild fire!
Thanks Amy for the update. Way to stay on top of it!
Comment by Jeanna — March 27, 2007 @ 12:18 am
http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-p.....d-homepage
We also hit Los Angeles!
Comment by Amy Boda — March 27, 2007 @ 12:19 am
I just emailed Abigail, the woman who wrote the LA Times story. I thanked her for her article. She already responded back. If anyone else would like to send her a thank you here is her email address:
abigail.goldman@latimes.com
Maybe she will help us get to other news sources.
Thanks again Amy for the update. You are appreciated! :)
Comment by Jeanna — March 27, 2007 @ 12:47 am
Can anyone open the video footage to the ABC program that did a story on the recall? It keeps kicking me out!
Comment by Jeanna — March 27, 2007 @ 10:22 am
I opened it just fine. Maybe it’s overwhelmed right now with hits.
Comment by Linda — March 27, 2007 @ 10:24 am
Has any one used Natural Life Lamaderm canned(loaf) and had any problems? I contacted Natural life pet foods and asked them where they had their can food made. They told me they did use Menu Foods, but they were told by the FDA their products were not involved in the recall. Can we believe them? This food was made at the same plant. How do we know this is just limited to the wheat gluten? I am petrified that my dogs may become ill. Worse yet how do we know in the coming days they may expand the list. natural life does not use wheat products in their canned food.
Comment by Dane Wagner — March 27, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
i am starting to give my dogs natural balance and california natural, neither with anything to do with menu….wysong has nothing to do with menu nor does merrick. i am sorry for everyone’s loss..also, if people like rosie o’donnel don’t keep their mouths closed, nothing will go farther. she made the comment she can’t believe everyone is talking about this and not about the 35 young men that died in iraq at the same time…no one said not to grieve the men, but how can you ask people not to be angry and heart sick over their pets dying and being very ill and costing money that normally wouldn’t have had to be spent by a lot of people who don’t really have the money to spend… anyway, just my opinion
diane
Comment by diane gaul — March 29, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
I wanted to let everyone know that Purina contacted me and they are paying my vet bill and some extra for my dog that died April 5, 2007 from tainted food.
Thanks for this site because it was great support during all this stress.
Comment by nancy howell — May 29, 2007 @ 10:44 am