Comments on: Technical issues, vegetarian veterinarians and open thread

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:14:33 +0000

Oh - I realized my comment ‘you get what you pay for’ might be taken wrong. I in no way was referring to pet food buyers - just that we may have to pay more going forward and need to remember this.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:10:12 +0000

Steve, good Wash Post article. My husband and I frequently say ‘you get what you pay for’. I think it is a lesson to consumers as well - cheap isn’t always good.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Wed, 02 May 2007 04:34:54 +0000

This looks new:
FDA Finds More Contamination in Animal Feed
http://www.npr.org/templates/s.....Id=9946786
“For one thing, the chemical wasn’t considered very toxic. Now, the FDA’s new food safety chief says the agency has learned that melamine’s breakdown products are toxic, causing the formation of crystals in the kidneys. That might explain why older pets with lower kidney function are especially susceptible to melamine effects.”

So the cats and dogs are breaking down the melamine, is that it?

Won’t we break it down, too, then?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 02 May 2007 04:18:16 +0000

Yes and Bill Gates believes millions of consumers worldwide would live better if a sea of music, movies, video games and television shows were piped into their earphones, laptops, cell phones, cars and living rooms.

Let’s see - more “music” (what, hip-hop?), more bad movies, and more TV (beyond “bad”). All beta wave stuff. Note that “reading” was not included on the list.

By: Carole

Carole — Wed, 02 May 2007 04:08:32 +0000

There are folks in my department from all over the world. One thing I’ve found is that vegetarian is no longer black and white, not like it used to be.

I have folks who are vegetarian but still wear leather. I have folks who won’t eat beef or pork but will eat chicken, and wear leather. I have folks who because of cultural reasons don’t eat certain animals but still wear leather.

I have folks from the same country and their beliefs are different.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:55:48 +0000

I read Khuly’s column. Don’t understand her position on eating meat vs. not wearing leather, though. Why is it acceptable to eat part of an animal than to use all of it?

IIRC, many indigenous cultures believe animals they eat are sacred. In response, they try to use ALL of the animal they kill as a measure of respect.

That’s how I feel about it, too. If you’re veggie, I completely respect that. But if you’re going to be a carnivore, then why refuse to wear the skin of the animal you’re eating? It doesn’t make you moral, just wasteful.

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:46:35 +0000

FireFox rocks - have been using it for quite a spell. Itchmo’s blog doesn’t like it much tho once they pass the 120th comment or so - least the Mac version. It locks up until I force quit, restart, blah, blah. Safari & Itchmo get along fine tho. Weirdness.

Re: The live blog comments

Sure would be a bummer to see them go.
There was some great snarks in that bunch.

*cackle*

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:40:28 +0000

New York Times
Published: May 2, 2007

Toxicologists monitoring the American food supply for traces of melamine after it was found in imported ingredients in the contaminated pet food that has killed at least 16 dogs and cats and sickened thousands of others said yesterday that even if there were small amounts of it in the American food supply, it would be unlikely to pose much of a threat to humans.

http://tinyurl.com/3ah2ft

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:37:25 +0000

Okay we’re starting with the “smoothing over” routine. The tugging of heartstrings.

Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 2, 2007; Page D01

In Nevada, the chief executive of an import company examines the lawsuit that just hit him, wondering how much it will cost to ensure that his next purchases of pet food ingredients are free of industrial poisons.

In Kansas, wheat growers wonder how China usurped the once-bustling market in gluten, a protein-rich byproduct of those amber waves of grain that once symbolized America’s bounty.

http://tinyurl.com/39j2du

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 02 May 2007 02:57:37 +0000

“The Black Dog folks say one of the comments on the live-blogging post has some html coding that’s making IE6 crash.”

Yup… thought it was only me. Hope it was not a hack attack!

Keep up the great work. If only our tax paid employees did so well as this place.

Thanks,

Dennis