So, you feed your loved pet kangaroo meat, do you?
Do you really? But why?
Don’t you like your pet?
This photo above was taken in a kangaroo processing plant for human consumption. If you wouldn't eat this meat, why do you want your loved pet to eat it and get sick?
Another photo (above) taken in a kangaroo processing plant for human consumption, showing extensive fecal contamination. If you wouldn’t eat meat like this, why would you give it to your loved pet? Pet food manufacturers are pretty tricky. If their product contains kangaroo meat, they know that many people wont give it to their pets. So they put it in very small letters down the bottom or on the back, where it is less likely to be noticed. To the best of our knowledge, good quality tinned dog food does not contain kangaroo meat. Cheap, poor quality tinned dog food might.
Good quality cat food contains beef or chicken or fish.
Do your children play with your pet cat or dog? What if your dog gets sick? Will your kids get sick too? It’s the old story, you only get what you pay for! If you buy good quality pet food, your pet will live longer, and be far more healthy and happy, and you wont be contributing to the demise of our kangaroos. Your kids may be a lot healthier too!
STOP PRESS! A Today Tonight investigation in May 2006 has revealed some contaminated pet food could be harming and, in some cases, even killing our animals. Adam Shelly's eight-year-old golden retriever, Annie, became seriously ill and very close to being put down as a result of the preservatives present in the dog's food. "When I tell people what happened they're in disbelief," Adam said. "It went from vomiting to rapid weight loss and the muscles in her back legs deteriorated to almost being non-existent, She lost the ability to walk, and was literally on death's door." A raft of blood tests, a spinal tap and MRI scans sent the vet's bill soaring to $12,000, before they realised the cause. It was, without doubt, her diet. Adam thought he had been doing the right thing - giving Annie fresh lean meat, kangaroo and beef mince, from his local pet shop everyday. But veterinarian Dr. Rita Singh, who treated Annie, found the meat was loaded with dangerous preservatives - namely sulphur dioxide. "We were able to prove in Annie absolutely, without a doubt, that her disease was caused by thiamine deficiency due to the food that she was being fed which had the sulphur dioxide in it," Dr Singh said. Sulphur Dioxide is added to fresh pet meats and fish to preserve it, mask the smell and prevent discolouration. It is not allowed in meat meant for human consumption. But for pets, ......
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