Animals
Pet food recall: Nearly two years later, and the death toll still climbs
So many of our friends have been going to the bridge lately and we always think of our beloved Whiskers this time of year. Whiskers died in March 2007, due to kidney failure. He ate the Special Kitty cat food that was recalled, so we believe that he was poisoned by melamine. It was with great sadness that we learned the pet food recall is still claiming victims. Read Pet food recall: Nearly two years later, and the death toll still climbs at Pet Connection Blog.
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Pet Food Recall Survey ~ Will It Be Accurate?
A Michigan State University veterinary professor is launching a survey to better estimate how many cats and dogs died after eating tainted food and what, specifically, killed them. Federal officials have not said how many animals have died. More than...
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Cfo Of Menu Foods Dumps Shares Before Recall
The chief financial officer of Menu Foods Income Fund says it's a "horrible coincidence" that he sold nearly half his units in the troubled pet food maker less than three weeks before a massive recall of tainted pet food. Insider trading reports...
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Bigger Then You Think ~the Pet Food Recall
Nearly one month passed from the date Menu got its first report of a death to the date it issued the recall. During that time, no veterinarians were warned to be on the lookout for unusual numbers of kidney failure in their patients. No pet owners were...
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More Ocean Springs Pets Victims Of Menu Foods
Whiskers died March 9th, 2007 of kidney failure. He ate Special Kitty Pouch Cat Food that was on the recall list. In today's paper I read where another local pet fell victim to Menu Foods negligence. Sami's vet, Dr. Lisa Wilkerson of Big Ridge...
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A Tainted Food Scare Linked To The Deaths Of At Least 16 Animals Raises Questions About The Regulation Of Pet Foods.
On March 20, Daniel Rogan, 12, holds a photo of his 9-month-old kitten that was euthanized two weeks ago after eating what the family believes was tainted food From Newsweek The processing plant in Emporia, Kans., where the tainted food was manufactured,...
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