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<body> <a href="http://www.thewholedog.org">The Whole Dog News</a><ul><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=27089>Recalled Pet Food Kills Fewer Animals Than PETA</a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font face="Georgia" color="#ff9933" size="4"><p><strong>Recalled Pet Food Kills Fewer Animals Than PETA</strong></p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">I had not seen this article, someone posted it to a couple of the email lists I am on and I felt it was too good not to share...</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3">We just came from a fascinating event at the National Press Club in Washington. At noon today, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) vice president Bruce Friedrich did his best to implicate IAMS (a well-known pet food company) in a product recall related to the deaths of a few hundred dogs and cats. We weren't terribly surprised when Friedrich had us thrown out of the building -- after all, we were there to remind the national media that PETA itself has killed far more animals than the tainted pet food. And in PETAs case, it's on purpose.<br /></font></font></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=27089">[READ MORE]</a> <a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/27089"> [2 COMMENTS]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=27010>Over 200 cat and dog food items added to recall</a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font color="#ff9933" size="4"><p><font color="#660099"><font color="#1e66ae"><font color="#660099" size="5"><font face="Georgia">Over 200 cat and dog food items added to recall </font></font> </font></font></p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Friends, When will we all wake up and smell the coffee or roses or stench for that matter. Please consider never feeding your pets processed pet foods again!</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><font face="Georgia">The National Pet Foundation<br /><a href="http://www.nationalpetfoundation.com"><font color="#660099">www.nationalpetfoun<wbr />dation.com</font></a></font></font></div><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><font face="Georgia" /></font></div><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><font face="Georgia">Over 200 cat and dog food item were added to the recall list today.<br />Please forward this information to any family or friends that have pets.<br />Some of these are new brands and some are extended recalls<br />(within already recalled brands). <strong>This is the<font size="5"> largest recall</font> since the initial FDA findings that pet food was killing dogs and cats.</strong> <br /><br />New Dog Recalls:<br /></font><a href="http://www.nationalpetfoundation.com/foods/0307dog.html"><font face="Georgia" color="#660099">http://www.national<wbr />petfoundation.<wbr />com/foods/<wbr />0307dog.html</font></a><br /><br /><font face="Georgia">New Cat Food Recalls:<br /></font><a href="http://www.nationalpetfoundation.com/foods/0307cat.html"><font face="Georgia" color="#660099">http://www.national<wbr />petfoundation.<wbr />com/foods/<wbr />0307cat.html</font></a><br /><br /><font face="Georgia">Get notifications within the hour of new recalls and save your <br />pets life. Sign your family and friends up for the free pet alerts at:<br /></font><a href="http://nationalpetfoundation.com/pet-food-recall.html"><font face="Georgia" color="#660099">http://nationalpetf<wbr />oundation.<wbr />com/pet-food-<wbr />recall.html</font></a><br /><br /><font face="Georgia">Please help get the word out and share this information with any<br />pet owners you know. Our goal is to keep our pets safe.<br /><br /></font><br /></font></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/27010"> [COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26990>The Vaccine Challenge @ Animal Talk Naturally</a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font color="#6600cc"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia"><strong></a /></strong></font><p><a href="http://www.hemopet.org/" target="_blank"><img alt="Dr. Jean Dodds" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/wellpet/Dr_Jean_Dodds.jpg" border="0" /></a><img alt="Kris Christine" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/wellpet/Kris_Christine.jpg" border="0" /><br /></p><center><font size="2">Dr. Dodds and Kris Christine</font><br /></center></font></font></center><font color="#ff9900" size="5"><strong><center><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="93%" align="center" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div class="centreblock" align="center"><font size="5">The Vaccine Challenge</font> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></center></strong></font></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p>This week our guests on <a href="http://www.animaltalknaturally.com/"><font color="#0000dd">Animal Talk Naturally</font></a>, were <strong>Dr. Jean Dodds</strong> and <strong>Kris Christine</strong>, founders of the <a href="http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/"><font color="#0000dd">Rabies Challenge Fund</font></a>! </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><div align="left"><font color="#000000"><div><h4>Synopsis</h4><p>1. Comparative medicine<br />2. Wholism<br />3. Parvo origins<br />4. Vaccine protocols<br />5. <a href="http://www.hemopet.org/"><font color="#660099">HemoPet</font></a><br />6. <strong>The Rabies Challenge</strong><br />7. No definitive study for YEARLY vaccines<br />8. The side effects<br />9. For the love of Meadow<br />10. Harsh standards for our pets<br />11. Legislators woefully uninformed<br />12. Informed pet owners for improvement<br />13. Do vets annually vaccinate THEIR pets?<br />14. Humane and ethical?<br />15. The adjuvants<br />16. <a href="http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/"><font color="#660099">The Rabies Challenge Fund</font></a></p><p>To hear the recorded show, just click HERE >> <a href="http://www.animaltalknaturally.com/podpress_trac/web/412/0/The_Vaccine_Challenge.mp3"><font color="#660099">http://www.animaltalknaturally.com/podpress_trac/web/412/0/The_Vaccine_Challenge.mp3</font></a></p></div></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26990"> [1 COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26972>FDA FINALLY admits thousands of pets died -</a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font color="#ff9933" size="4"><p><font color="#660099"><font color="#1e66ae"><font color="#660099" size="5">FDA <u>finally </u>admits thousands of pets died -</font> </font></font> </p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Friends, I personally would be very surprised if these are the actual numbers. I would suspect that there are many more and the owners have no clue as to what either made their pet sick or killed their pet.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3">FDA Says 4,150 Pet Deaths Reported<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/read/fda-says-4150-pet-deaths-reported_20070430">http://www.itchmo.com/read/fda-says-4150-pet-deaths-reported_20070430</a></font></div><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><br />April 30th, 2007<br />Lots of tidbits from this FDA release<br /><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html">http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html"></a></font><font color="#1e66ae"><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html"></font></a><br><br>And finally, an acknowledgment from the FDA that more than 16 pets may be dead.<br /><br />All vegetable protein from China is being detained. It includes the following: Wheat Gluten, Rice Gluten, Rice Protein, Rice Protein Concentrate, Corn Gluten, Corn Gluten Meal, Corn By-Products, Soy Protein, Soy Gluten, Proteins (includes amino acids and protein hydrosylates), Mung Bean Protein.<br><br>* 1,950 cats and 2,200 dogs reported dead.<br />* FDA does not know the scope of the problem.<br />* Original source of toxins still not known.<br />* Firms got around Chinese inspection by saying it wasn't food.<br />* New standards for import use established.<br /></p><p>Read the rest of this entry »<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/read/fda-says-4150-pet-deaths-reported_20070430#more-552"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/read/fda-says-4150-pet-deaths-reported_20070430#>more-552</font></a><br /><br />Posted in Medical <a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/medical/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/medical/</font></a></p><p>Legal <a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/legal/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/legal/</font></a> News<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/news/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/news/</font></a> Products<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/products/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/products/</font></a> National<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/national/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/national/</font></a> Dogs<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/pets/dogs/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/pets/dogs/</font></a> Cats<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/pets/cats/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/pets/cats/</font></a> Other<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/pets/other/"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/go/pets/>other/</font></a> Safety<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/safety/"><font color="#1e66ae"><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/safety/">http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/safety/</a><br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/read/fda-says-4150-pet-deaths-reported_20070430#comments"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/read/fda-says-4150-pet-deaths-reported_20070430#comments</font></a><br />Dozens of Chicken Farms Fed Toxic Pet Food<br /><a href="http://www.itchmo.com/read/dozens-of-chicken-farms-fed-toxic-pet-food_2\0070430"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.itchmo.com/read/dozens-of-chicken-farms-fed-toxic-pet-food_2\0070430</font></a></font></a></p><p>April 30th, 2007<br />38 poultry farms in Indiana were given melamine contaminated pet food in early February. Plus the number of pigs that may be tainted is now at 6,000. It keeps going, and going and…<br></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26972"> [COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26971>MORE Nationwide Recalled Pet Foods </a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font color="#ff9933" size="4"><p><strong><font size="5">More</font></strong> Nationwide Pet Foods Recalled</p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Quote of the day: May we all learn enough to no longer be in fear of our decisions.<br>Author Unknown.<br /></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3">Recall -- Firm Press Release <br /><br />FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. This listserv covers mainly Class I (life-threatening) recalls. A complete listing of recalls can be found in the FDA Enforcement Report at: <a href="http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html"><font color="#1e66ae">http://www.fda.<wbr />gov/opacom/<wbr />Enforce.html</font></a><br /></font></div><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><b>SmartPak Canine</b> Voluntarily Recalls LiveSmart Weight Management Formula <br> Contact: <br> Paal Gisholt 774 773-1100 <br> Consumers: <br> 800 461-8898 <br><br> <strong>Sierra Pet Products, LLC</strong> Issues Nationwide Recall of "Harmony Farms" Canned Dog Foods, "<strong>Harmony Farms</strong>" Canned Cat Foods and "Harmony Farms" Dog Treats Manufactured at American Nutrition, Inc.<br />Contact:<br />Caryn Cox <br />203-762-2525 EXT. 20</font></div><p><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><strong>Blue Buffalo Company</strong>, Ltd Issues Nationwide Recall of "Blue" Canned Dog Foods, "Blue Spa Select" Canned Cat Foods and "Blue" Dog Treats Manufactured At American Nutrition, Inc. <br />Contact:<br />David Petrie <br />203-762-9751 EXT. 17</font></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26971">[READ MORE]</a> <a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26971"> [COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26932></a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font color="#ff9933" size="4"><p><font color="#660099">Melamine spiking widespread going on for years</font> </p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">"When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom profit that loses." <br />Shirley Chisolm,<br />Former Member of Congress</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3">Itchmo Safety Alert: </font></div><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3">Melamine spiking widespread going on for years <br />We will just let the story speak for itself. No more denials, no more hemming and hawing by the FDA. Time to take massive cautionary action is now. It’s not just animal feed anymore. It’s not just pet food. It’s a crisis. It’s been going on for years.<br /><br />Highlights below from the IHT article:<br /></font></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26932">[READ MORE]</a> <a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26932"> [COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26908>Is Any Commercial Pet Food really SAFE??</a><br><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font color="#ff9933" size="4"><p><strong>Is Any Commercial Pet Food really SAFE???</strong></p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">This is an important question that needs to be thoughtfully considered.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3">Robert Jay Russell, Ph.D., President of the Coton de Tulear Club of America has been writting up information about the mass poisiioning of pet foods on the CTCA's CotonClub e-Zine. He has been pretty good at predicting just where this crisis would go and what potential pet foods would most likely be declaried deadly. Yesterday, he reported "Tonight, the U.S. government and the pet food industry achieved a new low that even I did not see coming. <br /></p></div></font></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26908">[READ MORE]</a> <a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26908"> [1 COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26907></a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font size="2"><p><strong><font color="#ff0000" size="5">The Pet Food Recall List GROWS</font></strong></p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Everyone is asking when it will end! Every day more and more pet foods are added to the growing list of recalled foods not safe to feed your pets!</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><div><p><font color="#660099">NOTE:</font> This is the sixth recall alert in the last 24 hours</p><p><a href="http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=290" target="_blank" modo="false"><font color="#660099">American Nutrition is finally recalling their foods</font></a> containing rice protein concentrate. The recall covers <strong>Costco’s Kirkland Signature Super Premium Canned Food</strong>, item # 38436, best buy dates of Aug. 21 08 to April 15 of 09.</p><p>I identified this company last week on other forums because they were the only pet food company out of Utah and ChemNutra had said one of the five companies they sold RCP to was in Utah. But oh, is American Nutrition in trouble. I predict they will not be able to recover from this one. ANYTHING made by them is going to be suspect.</p></div></font></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26907">[READ MORE]</a> <a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26907"> [COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26901>Good News For A Change Fish Oil in veterinary medicine</a><br><p><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font size="2"><strong><font color="#663399" size="5"><div id="masthead"> Good News For A Change - </div><div>Fish Oil As A Veterinary Supplement for CRF Kidney Disease and other Inflammatory Problems</div></font></strong></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Hi Friends, I thought with all the posting about bad news involved with the Pet Food recalls I would post this article from Teresa Holladay and her Safe Pet Food Blog.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3">I have been wanting to write this post for quite some time but there has been too much recall news to keep up with. So I’m just MAKING myself write it. After reading this, you will want all of your pets, especially if they have illnesses, to be on <a href="http://www.trilogyonline.com/Trilogy/People/SeaLogixHome.aspx?realname=10040264&cat=0&hdr=&Ath=False" target="_blank"><font color="#660099">fish oil</font></a>.</p><p>I am a vegetarian and after learning about the broad health benefits of <a href="http://www.trilogyonline.com/Trilogy/People/SeaLogixHome.aspx?realname=10040264&cat=0&hdr=&Ath=False" target="_blank"><font color="#660099">fish oil</font></a>, I became a believer so yes, now I take a daily fish oil supplement. [I read an article about how it was used to help the Sago Mine survivor, which I will post this weekend for you — Wow — Written by the doctor who helped him].</p><p>But this post is about veterinary use!</p></div></font></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26901">[READ MORE]</a> <a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26901"> [COMMENT]</a><br><br></li><li><a href=http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26877>My Pet Counts! Post Card Blitz</a><br><table height="50" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="559" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1"><tbody><tr height="75"><td valign="middle" width="547" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="75"><center><font size="2"><p><strong><font color="#663399" size="5">My Pet Counts! Postcard Blitz</font></strong></p></font></center></td></tr><tr><td width="547"><p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">We along with Pet Connection.com and Doggie Bling.com are calling on all pet owners, parents, guardians who have lost a pet due to contaminated pet food to join us in a post card blitz to demonstrate the full scope of this pet food recall disaster.</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><table id="Table4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="529" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="490"><span><div align="left"><font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="3"><div><p>The FDA continues to publicize only “16 confirmed deaths.” This number has often been repeated by the media. Reliable sources report that the number of pet deaths are and will be much higher - most likely in the thousands.</p><p>If you want your pet’s death to count for something good, please join the My Pet Counts! Post Card Blitz.</p></div></font></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=26877">[READ MORE]</a> <a href="http://quikonnex.com/channel/item/26877"> [COMMENT]</a><br><br></li></ul> </body>