Pet food - even more recalls on May 2 and May 3

I love animals... A LOT. I cry when I see an abandoned animal or one that has been injured or killed or abused. Sometimes I get very angry when people mistreat animals and it is all I can do to keep from screaming at them and becoming violent.

To everyone who has lost a pet or had one get sick from pet food, my heart goes out to you. I am praying that these contamination issues get resolved quickly and we never see them again.

I just read today that if your cat is sick, take him or her immediately to the veterinarian and ask them to do EXTENDED fluid therapy through an IV. They used to think if the cat did not respond in a couple of days there was no chance of survival but now they have had cases that responded well to more days of IV fluids to flush out the crystals formed in the kidneys.

Please see the press releases and links to pet food recalled products at:
http://www.aspca.org and

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/menu05_07.html

Please look on your cans of food and bags of dry food and call their 800 numbers to find out if their protein supplement sources (especially rice and wheat) originate in the USA. All of the contamination SO FAR is thought to have come from China, though that does not mean it could not happen in other countries.

We need to write to our congress people and ask them to pass laws calling for more careful inspection and oversight of pet food manufacturing.

Please keep checking aspca.org regularly because more information will be available as they are doing scientific investigations and also keeping up on all the recalls.

This hits me pretty hard because of my love for animals and the fact that I recently rescued a momma cat and her six kittens and now it is time to adopt them out. Handing these babies over to their new kitty moms is happy and sad at the same time. Hug Rover and Fluffy for me.