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Stop the animal food chain from killing our animals
- Target: Arnold Schwarzeneggr, Govorner, Govorner of California
- Sponsored by: Sherry Best
(CBS4) MIAMI If you look at the ingredients on a package of pet food, you may wonder about the ingredients. Why does pet food have bone meal, or what is a byproduct. The CBS4 I-team wondered too, and what it found may have you questioning what you feed your pet.Pet food advertisements make claims like "Good food, inspired by pet loving people", "Healthy food for happy dogs", and "Tasty, nutritious, almost like gourmet food for your pet." But a lawsuit recently filed in Miami federal court is now questioning what unexpected ingredients may make it into your pet's food.Attorney Catherine MacIvor, who is representing three people in the lawsuit, says not only is she concerned for her clients, she is concerned for her own cat's health."When the pet food companies say one thing, it's really another," said MacIvor in an exclusive interview with CBS4 Investigative Reporter Laurie Stein. The 150-page lawsuit targets more than a dozen major pet food companies and retailers, and claims that the companies have used false and misleading advertising. Photos found in the lawsuit filings are graphic. They show dead cats dumped into trash cans and bones of dead animals at a rendering plant. Attorneys claim that many companies try to save money by intentionally putting dead and diseased animals into your pet's food. MacIvor showed the CBS4 I-team a photo of dog food containing hair and sutures. But MacIvor said she found also found evidence of, "Hair, hooves, spine, hair, fetuses of cows, dead and diseased animals."MacIvor cited an investigative report from a television station in St. Louis in which a truck is followed as it takes euthanized cats and dogs from a Missouri humane society. The animals are allegedly ground up at a rendering plant, and then used as additives for pet food. The truck allegedly carrying the animal parts reads "serving the pet food industry." According to the FDA, there are traces of pentobarbitol, a chemical used to euthanize cats and dogs, in pet food. MacIvor explained the FDA has not outlawed the practice, and said it's common.The lawsuit also claims that when many animals eat commercial pet foods, they can get allergies, kidney problems and illnesses. It also raises the claim that if pet food was better regulated, there wouldn't be as many sick pets and deadly product recalls. In light of recent recalls, the U.S. Senate is looking at tougher regulations. According to US Senator Dick Durbin, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, there should be more regulation and inspections. Durbin said if companies endanger animal health, they should face penalties. "While we love our pets...have to take care of them in return," said Durbin. The CBS4 I-Team contacted all the companies listed in the lawsuit to, but many of them declined to comment on pending litigation. Other companies didn't even return phone calls from the I-team. Menufoods, one of the major pet food manufacturers in North America and the subject of a massive recall due to deadly chemicals in food it manufactured, simply referred us to their website, which has a lot of information about the recent pet food recall but not about the lawsuit.DL(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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