Normally in a rant, I would have plenty of things to say. Right now, it’s probably the shock more than anything that is preventing me from typing as I am absolutely livid about the CNN.com breaking news headline I just received in my email.
- NEW: N.Y. officials say rat poison found in tainted pet food
- Class-action lawsuit filed against manufacturer
- Menu Foods doesn’t comment on suit, offers condolences to pet owners
- Recall announced March 16 after cats and dogs suffer renal failure
ALBANY, New York (AP) — Rat poison has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday.
Rat poison? Who’s sick fucking joke was that? To me this screams someone with some real anti-social mass-murder tendencies. I hope they are able to trace it back to the plant, to the shift, to the individual machine some jackass runs so that I can find them and force-feed THEM the same shit they made me feed my own pets. If there was ever a more disgusting person on the face of the earth than this asshole I wouldn’t believe it.
A spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he was not aware of any criminal investigation involving the tainted food.
Someone better slap some sense into this guy too.
Someone is going to pay the $400 vet bill for my dog, and I expect an apology from every fucking company down the line IN WRITING.
My 15 year old lab died last month. Why? The vet claims fluid in the chest. But he stopped eating and drinking water. Didn’t move. He was eating Nutro dry dog food. The vet claims it came on “suddenly.” No warning. We then gave him gravy dog food to get him to eat. So we’re unsure why he died. In fact, no one will know until we hear more, or as I say, the real facts will come out. I will bet every dollar I have that there is MORE contamination with this recall. Why did it take three months to hear about this poisoning by CHINA? The food was contaminated since Dec. 2006. My family now has a new lab. We paid $850 and are training her again. Keep in mind, families with pets, especially dogs, give them training. This is costly. A good dog, requires special care, food and training. Imagine if our dear lab was a service dog? What would the cost be to replace him then? These dogs cost $50K up to replace. It is not like going to the pound and getting a replacement.
I am so upset. Now I hear on my local news (not national) as well as international (Canadian) that it “might” be in the human food supply? They can’t rule this out? Let’s see. Where is our Homeland Security dept? Where is our Dept. of Agriculture?
I read last week that one of the US processing plants for dog food which was part of this recall was located in Kansas. Apparently, this same plant was fined years ago for contaminated cow food, and the FDA or dept of agriculture had to intervene and warn them not to mix certain feed in their product for cattle.
Mad cow?
There is definitely more to come from this CHINA poisoning.
I don’t believe anything they tell me.
My otherwise healthy lab is gone and I’m now left wondering who is watching out for Americans!
Angela
Washington, State
Anthony believes Calgary may have gone early because of food related problems. Many times we cooked her our own. You have to know how to do that, its not just chicken or beef and rice, there’s more ingredients long term required.