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There is a lot of heated debate going on right now regarding just how long these companies have been adding toxic stuff to their diets. This recall is about canned and gravy based diets, but who knows if these things have been added to kibble and other types of commerical diets all along.
The hardest thing to swallow (no pun intended) with this is that wheat gluten is a filler. It doesn't serve any purpose, so why are these companies adding it to being with? The other is that people have been told for years to trust Hills and other "quality" diets such as Iams and alot of them came vet recommended.
I've fed my own cats Iams dry for years and changed their diet over to Innova Evo because one wouldn't shed the weight that he needed to. Before switching the cats over, I changed the dogs diet from Pedigree because my dogs were having weight issues as well. My reasons for switching them besides the weight issues was because I got tired of my pets being fed all fillers. If I filled up on crap all the time, I'd have weight issues too.
If either of these companies go under the gun for adding toxic ingredients to their diets, I'm going to be pissed, but they are not companies owned by Proctor and Gamble, ect so I'll have an easier time getting some kind of recourse.
The concern doesn't end with dogs and cats though as companies like Mazuri and Purina make tons of diets for all kinds of animals including exotic diets. Monkey chow, ostrich diets, ect.
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