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Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:00 AM

The beef over pet food

Bowser gets raw meat because wolves eat it in the wild. Tabby gets raw chicken because lions don't eat kibble. But vets say the recent trend of raw feeding is dangerous to pets and people.

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  • Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:33 AM

    raw food

    So we are the "Taliban" of the pet world! Oh my. Surely you can raise the debate to a higher level than adult name calling. To the person who won't get a pet until the world is healed ... I don't understand what one has to do with the other. Isn't that a little like saying that we invaded Iraq because of 9-11 and trying to make that connection. And finally, to the person who didn't understand how one can be a vegetarian and feed one's pets raw food. Here's how it works. Cats are obligate carnivores and I am not. I make the choice to be vegetarian and my cat does not - how in the world can we compare our digestive systems with a feline or canine's? I too agree that there are raw food advocates who are overbearing, but that happens in every group and unless someone asks me, I don't talk about my cats' raw food diets.

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