A stunning, and deeply troubling, report published in the journal Science Advances, scientists are finding tiny pieces of plastic, in organic fertilizer made from food waste. Microscopic fragments of plastic (…) Read more
Artist Creates Amazing Portraits of Animals to Help Poisoned Pets
I’ll bet you didn’t know I was an artist as well as an animal advocate. I thought you might like to see what I do when I’m not working on (…) Read more
FDA Warns Darwin’s: Clean Up Your Act or Face The Regulatory Music
A damning FDA warning letter sent to Darwin’s Natural Pet Food this week tells the raw pet food company clean up its act or face the regulatory music. The company (…) Read more
Raw Pet Food: The Problem That Just Won’t Go Away
With back to back raw meat pet food recalls these days, pet parents are beginning to worry: Just how safe is raw pet food anyway? No other subject than raw (…) Read more
Inspection of Darwin’s Reveals Revolting Conditions, Complaints of Ill and Dying Pets
A new report on Darwin’s raw pet food company uncovers a virtual “laundry list” of violations and repeated complaints of sick and dying pets. An inspection report provided to Food (…) Read more
Blue Ridge Beef Recalls Raw Pet Food Again For Pathogenic Bacteria, FDA Testing Reveals Contamination
Blue Ridge Beef is recalling a lot of raw pet food because of the potential for contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (…) Read more
Darwin’s In Trouble Again; More Raw Dog Food Found Contaminated With Pathogenic Bacteria
In the latest chapter in never ending saga that is Darwin’s, today the FDA announced that more of Darwin’s raw pet food has been found – again – to be (…) Read more
Clues In Deadly Dog Disease in Australia Connected to Outbreak in Latvia; Dog Food Blamed
A deadly outbreak affecting dogs in Australia linked to dog food could be tied a similar outbreak in Latvia. The disease in Australia has now killed almost a dozen police (…) Read more
Mars Dog Food Recalled After Police Dogs in Australia Die
A Mars brand dog food blamed in the death of almost a dozen police dogs in Australia, is now linked to the same illness in pet dogs. Just days after (…) Read more
Smucker’s Faces Multiple Lawsuits in Deadly Drug Dog Food Scandal
Another class-action lawsuit was filed against Big Heart Pet Brands and the J.M. Smucker Company for deceptively marketing Kibbles ‘N Bits dog food as being safe and healthy when in (…) Read more