I mentioned in an earlier post that a Nationwide March (regarding pet safety and the recall) was being organized, well the date has been decided. It will be Saturday April 28,2007. Please join the following community (follow the link) and look for info on the March. Jen H. is leading the group, contacting animal rights organizations,shelters and such for support. I have included myself as a contact and to help with the organization efforts here in California. We need people from all geographic areas. Anyone in Northern/Central CA who wants to help please contact me at bodasnotaryservice@yahoo.com.

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I used to have no problem with corn in my diet. In the last 4-5 years, though, I can’t eat it at all - it just makes me feel horrible. Well, that’s not true - organic corn is fine.

Almost all corn used for pet foods and animal feed is genetically modified or is of dubious nutritional quality. They just won’t spend top-dollar prices for grains. That’s the problem with Menu Foods and the rest. They use the cheapest ingredients, and if GM corn or pesticide-laden ingredients are cheaper, well, that’s what they use. Afterall, FDA compliance is optional now and the investors want profits every quarter. And company that has “investment fund” in its name has one and only one thing they are interested in - the Almighty Dollar.

Let’s get down to the basics of that article:

They make corn that creates its own pesticide. That’s what the genetic modification was for. Not to grow it taller or larger, but to kill some of the hardest to kill pests by making the plant itself as toxic as Lilies or Oleander. And evidently, quite a bit gets into the corn itself.

It causes massive blood problems and organ damage in rats they feed it to. It’s intended to be used to fatten up poultry and beef before slaughter. It’s considered okay if they are half-dead in a few months because they are going to be killed anyways and antibiotics are cheap. And cooking the meat kills most of it.

The problem is that the parts of those animals that tend to concentrate the toxins… meat byproducts and anything rendered. Add in this same corn as a main ingredient in the kibble and you have a big problem, because cats and dogs don’t live 1-2 years but 10-20.

Corn and grains are also of very little use to a typical cat - they just don’t digest them(corn especially - humans hardly do, either). But we need something to make the kibble hard and crunchy to appease our human sense of asthetics. The cat or dog - they don’t care what it looks like, to be honest.

The only safe thing to do is to make your own until this problem is resolved. Less safe but better would be to find a grain-free food, with Corn, Wheat, Soy, and Rice being the things to get rid of, in that order, if you can’t find a meat-only food.

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I have 3 dogs and 5 cats and of all the “premium brands” out there….. Kumpi is the only one they have all taken to and done well with.

My cats were on ProPlan Adult and did okay - but their coats were just not shiny and they were lacking energy. So I tried the ProPlan Senior thinking they needed more protein…well all they did was vomit. So I decided it was time to try Kumpi cat food. I’m glad I did. The kibble is small (which is good for my adult and senior cats), it smells great, and they stopped throwing up. Their fur is soft again and they just seem happier and more active in my house.

I’ve also tried Nutro for cats…but my senior cats couldn’t handle it after a few months - the vomitting started. And Iams/Eukenuba is out of the question - with all the horrid dog and cat experiments they do for their food - well I just can’t feed that kind of horror and cruelty to my pets ( http://www.iamscruelty.com )

My adult and senior dogs do great on Kumpi - their skin is perfect and they have a ton of energy. I did use Purina OM for my oldest senior dog to lose weight - and that worked as promised…but I wanted him back on regular, high quality food. I didn’t like that the OM had so much fiber. Although he lost weight, I just felt he wasn’t absorbing enough of the nutrition and for a senior he needs the right balance.

Get some Kumpi today!!!!! If you buy cheap - you are going to get cheap and w/some brands you may overpay for cheap! But with Kumpi you buy quality! Remember - your companion animals are what they eat

“We don’t know yet if there’s going to be permanent damage to her kidneys,” she said. “… We hope she is going to recover.”
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Howell said the food scare has left a lot of doubt in people’s minds. She said that’s hard for people who may have bought more expensive, top-shelf brands like Science Diet.

“If you feed food like that, you tend to think ‘I’m doing the best I can for my pet,’” she said. “… When you find that it’s poisoned, you lose confidence.”

She said she herself even has doubts about recommending the foods.
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Uh huh, yep, enough to make a vet think.