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Dog Dies After Being Treated With Gabapentin, Exposing Flaws In the Divide Between Human and Animal Drugs
When Ronda Archangelo’s dog Mimi died after being treated with a gabapentin solution that contained xylitol, she wondered how such a tragic mistake could have happened. When she asked her veterinarian for answers, it became clear that her veterinarian was unaware that the gabapentin solution she prescribed for Mimi’s seizure disorder had xylitol in it. And the more seizures Mimi…
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How a Lethal Ingredient in Human Medicine Prescribed by Vets is Poisoning and Killing Dogs
Ronda Archangelo never knew until it was too late, that the medicine her veterinarian prescribed for her dog’s seizure disorder, would poison and kill her dog Mimi. She didn’t know that with every dose, she was slowly poisoning her dog with the very drug that was supposed to make her dog better. It wasn’t until her dog died that Ronda…
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Warning: Dangerous pet food storage bin a death trap, cat dies trying to escape
An airtight pet food storage bin, called Top Paw Airtight Storage Container sold at PetSmart, is blamed for the horrific death of a cat that died of suffocation after trying futily to escape its plastic prison. Pet parent Kari Willett came home to find her beloved cat dead at the bottom of the bin among tins of pet food, lying in…
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Plans to Extract Chicken Sh*t and Use It to Make Pet Food are Being Cooked Up Right Now
Just when you think the pet food industry can’t stoop any lower – they do. This time, plans are in place to recycle poultry industry sludge into – you guessed it – pet food. The plan is to develop a “novel recycling operation,” just south of the Wilmington Delaware, upcycling poultry sludge into proteins and fats from poultry processing wastewater sludge…
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Vegetarians: You won’t believe what’s in plastic
Everything, from plastic pet dishes, plastic dog bones, plastic fountains, plastic toys, plastic wrap, plastic packaging — plastic-anything — might have been made with rendered animal by-products. Gross, huh? Just when you thought you had your vegan act together, you discover something you once thought of as mostly benign – is made using, in part, dead animal parts. And not…
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Tips from a nervous cook: How to make pathogen-free pet jerky treats
I admit it; I’m not in love with being in the kitchen, mainly because that place makes me nervous. I can’t help thinking about all the places in there where germs are lurking, waiting to contaminate something – mainly my food. Being a food safety nut has only magnified my fear of that place, but when I have to handle…
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Horrors: Human remains in animal feed fed to cattle
Sometimes, the stories I hear about what goes on inside the pet food industry, beggar description. But, the story that follows definitely gets the prize for one of the most disgusting. A few days ago, when stories emerged about a Wyoming sugar and molasses manufacturing facility that had recalled sugar beet by-products fed to cattle, I didn’t think much of…
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How to keep your pet’s holiday ‘Ho-ho-ho!’ from turning into a ‘Holy shit!’ this Christmas
The irresistible lure of tinsel and ribbons, those tantalizing decorations that prove impossible for your cat to resist, because they look like easy-to-catch wiggly prey to her. The fun soon stops when kitty swallows a long length of the material — the result is what is known as a ‘linear foreign body’ — which can be a very dangerous situation.…
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Animal charity pick: Handmade non-toxic pet toys by Etsy for Animals
I’m so sick of toxic crap made in China. Aren’t you? ‘Course you are. I bet you’re thinking, “Mollie, please not another China horror story. Pleeeze!” You’re in luck, this time it’s only about CUTE! Cute stuff not made in China. After my depressing story on the state of toxic toys from China and the Christmas tree lights guaranteed to…
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50% of toys from China contain toxins, study reveals
A Chinese consumer organization recently warned Chinese parents to not to let children put toys in their mouths after many were found to contain a toxic agent that could cause liver or kidney damage. This stunning advice came after the Consumer Council found phthalates at concentrations up to 300 times above what U.S. and European Union standards allow in over…
