NOTE: The picture above does not relate to specific brands mentioned ain the article, nd is for visual purposes only showing a pet food display – WAV.

The following is a very disturbing article for all pet animal owners from the very well respected OIPA animal welfare organisation who are based in Italy; Europe.

Here is a link to the article in case you want to check it out, along with other work undertaken by OIPA:

https://www.oipa.org/international/dangerous-pet-food/

 We have reproduced in full below.

 

DANGEROUS PET FOOD

Eyes, bones, feathers and birds beaks, blood, intestines, tendons, mammaries, gullets and sick, rotten or cancerous body parts; this is what is behind the so called by-products used to make Commercial Pet Food.

Pet food manufacturers do not announce the fact that pet food is composed primarily from food industry waste.

MBM meat-and-bone meal is a product of the animal carcass execution process. It is composed primarily of the leftovers and bones of slaughtered livestock, fat from unmarketable animal tissues and retail meat products. Animal fat and MBM often come from a mix of different animal species: horses, elephants, dogs, cats, foxes, opossums, deers and snakes have also been found.

In the US, according to the major producer of pet food, it IS STILL LEGAL to make use of euthanized cats and dogs with the purpose of producing pet food. Animal fat and MBM are the ingredients in pet food most likely to enter in correlation with the presence of sodium pentobarbital; the drug used by veterinarians for euthanasia.

To avoid picking up pet food that might contain parts of dead cats and dogs, there is only one way to minimize the risk: NEVER buy any product made with unidentified animal ingredients.

Dioxin, PBB, antibiotics and other pharmacological preparations are rests that might be found in fish pet food instead.

In MBM meals, the ingredient is not used fresh, but rather recycled.

Extrusion (method of obtaining doggy treats) and recycling do not always succeed in eradicating cattle growth hormones, antibiotics or barbiturates. High-temperature cooking can alter or destroy the nutritional value of the product, while at the same time does not fully remove the danger of contamination by bacteria and toxins.

Certain producers cook pet food directly into the can.

Additives, preservatives, flavour enhancers, antioxidants, colouring agents, appetite stimulants… our pet food is a mix of chemical compounds, some of which are very harmful.

Propyl gallate (BHA and BHT) is used as synthetic preservative in pet food, but it is also an icing inhibitor and a substance similar to Agent Orange (a defoliant chemical used by the US in the Vietnam War) has been found among the antioxidants.

Colouring agents are often tested on animals and in massive doses can cause serious health problems (such as high cholesterol and the reduction of haemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood). The paradox is that production holdings are not required to indicate the presence of these chemical compounds on the labels.

Rancid fats are responsible for the pungent smell of much wet and dry pet food and can cause serious allergies and other diseases. This type of fats are preserved in the form of chemical solutions and then sprayed on the food to get a better taste.

In the last ten years, the quantity of wheat in pet food has increased. The majority of pet food product formulations contains too many grains, including corn, wheat, rice, soy flour, peanuts shells. In addition, many products contain questionable and unnecessary ingredients; many pet food brands indeed load up their products with inexpensive low-quality fillers that are hardly digestible for cats and dogs.

Side effects

As a pet owner, it is your job to keep track of what your dog is eating and to make sure that the food you give him will provide for his nutritional needs.

Among the most common causes of death for both cats and dogs are diseases affiliated with poor diet.

Urinary tract diseases, allergies and intolerances, behavioural disorders, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease, vomit and diarrhoea are only some possible side effects of feeding our pets with industrial wet and dry food. Poor quality ingredients, contamination with bacteria, mould, toxins and pharmacological residuals, poor nutritional value and an excessive use of additives are the main causes.

Organic pet food instead offers benefits to both cats and dogs.

If you have the availability, the best way to feed your pet is with cooked food (but take into account that they have different needs from us and therefore their diet must be followed by a vet or a nutritionist specialist.

The following brands should be avoided at all costs:

Boycott list
• Nestlé:
Felix, Friskies, Gourmet, Purina, Affinity Petcare
• Colgate-palmolive:
Hill’s (science diet, canine maintenance)
• Mars:
Whaltam, Cesar, Pedigree, Chappi, Frolic, Sheba, Whiskas, Kitekat, Royal Canin
• Procter & Gamble:
Iams (Eukanuba, ecc.)
• Nutro
• Heinz

 

Updated 28.01. 2019:

“Now English TV reports on Bili’s fate”.

When it comes to animal rights, we have to always stick to it, do not give in!
Endurance, planning, goal-pursuit, courage pay off.
That has taught us the experience.

 

In the hope for Bili, Venus

 

 

Bonobo male Bili came to the zoo in November. His conspecifics did not accept him. A part of his ear is bitten off.

A piece of his ear is missing. Demolished by the conspecifics. His fingers are bleeding. And in his black fur gape open wounds. At the sight of this poor creature you just have a lump in your throat …

Bonobo monkey Bili (10) from the Wuppertal Zoo is the victim of massive mobbing: ejected, attacked and injured by the others in his enclosure.

Bitter: If Bili is not integrated into the Minor Chimpanzee group soon, maybe even death threatens him.

Either by euthanasia, as Zoo boss Dr. Arne Lawrenz in the media said. “Or the others bite him dead,” says Dr. Colin Goldner of the “Great Ape Project.”

The animal rights activist has been following the monkey’s path for some time: “Bili was born in England, was repulsed by his mother, reared by humans.” He then found a new home in the Frankfurt Zoo, until the end of 2018 . Contrary to the claims of the Zoo Wuppertal, he was there very well integrated into his group, before he was shipped as a new breeding man to Wuppertal.

During the following months, the zoo tried to integrate him into the group, but failed because of bad posture. The Bonobo group began to attack Bili violently, so he lost an ear, over and over with bite wounds and severely traumatized his life in the Bonobo concrete bunker in Wuppertal. While the Zoo Directorate said in a statement that they were watching the situation and wanted to wait, the suffering went on for Bili.

Zoo visitors cry at his sight and there is general horror.

Due to his experience, Bili can no longer be integrated into any other Bonobo group. Yesterday the zoo issued a statement, in which even thought about an Eeuthanasia.

The attitude of the Zoo Wuppertal is not long understandable. One plays down the whole thing and compares zoo relationships with those in the wilderness. There is now a so-called Deadline on the part of the zoo.

But this is fatal for an adult bonobo – a monkey species in which the mommies are in charge (matriarchy). Dr. Goldner: “As a baby, living together could work, but as a bonobo man you have bad cards without the mother’s protection: The other females bite.”

Animal rights activists call for Bili’s resettlement

Supporters of an animal welfare movement are not reassured by the explanations. They have registered a protest on Sunday, 27.01 between 12 to 14 clock in front of the Wuppertal Zoo.

“Our message is that under these circumstances Bili can no longer stay in this zoo,” explains event organizer Adrienne Kneis. “I was there yesterday, Bili shows a completely frightened behavior, makes a dull, exhausted impression, is most of the time careful to be protected from possible attacks. Bili never defends himself when he is attacked, he huddles together, holds both arms protectively over his head and endures the shocks and bites of his fellows very scared. ” For Kneis is clear: Bili must not stay in the Zoo Wuppertal.

A possible solution, the animal rights activist apparently. According to her, she has a written assurance from England that Bili can be accommodated in the Ape Monkey Rescue UK, an animal shelter in Wales.

Updated

Today, 27. 01. the event took place for Bili in front of the Zoo Wuppertal. Many people and media were present, including the camera crew of Stern TV. Stern TV had accompanied Bili’s integration into the Bonobo Group at the Frankfurt Zoo in 2009.

When the camera crew filmed in the monkey house, Bili had been separated together with Mato. Of course, there was peace, because Mato is the only one who ignored Bili and not attacked, but can not help him. Bonobos have the women say …

Bili’s condition is Bad. He is thin, can barely move his hands, begged behind the grid for food. The Frankfurt Zoo was also present. What they were doing right there … unknown !!! It was followed by the usual explanations and fair play towards the camera team.

As soon as the camera team was gone, the rest of the group was released again on Bili. Tribe visitors also reported horrific, heart-rending scenes in front of the Bonobo facility.

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/dr-arne-lawrenz-rettet-bonobo-bili-aus-dem-zoo-wuppertal-save-bonobo-bili-from-zoo-wuppertal

https://www.change.org/p/dr-arne-lawrenz-rettet-bonobo-bili-aus-dem-zoo-wuppertal-save-bonobo-bili-from-zoo-wuppertal

My comment: The zoo parks are supported by stupid visitors. There are some parents who take their children to observe living animal inmates and think they learn about the animals.

The only thing that visitors to zoos achieve with their visit, is to make the slave trader (that`s  the zoo director) richer.
Zoos are and remain prisons where animals are kept for life and displayed for the benefit of a paying audience.

In the minds of the people, a gigantic propaganda offensive has been launched for years, which continues to this day and has contributed to the fact that zoos are still regarded in many parts of the population as “normal”, “right” and even “necessary”.

Zoos have to close! They are and will continue to be prisons!

Foto: Colin Goldman

 

My best regards, Venus

 

 

How about this kind of meat consumption?
Using this torture method on human species to eat their meat?
And finally with this kind of morality?
If the human species has caused so much suffering and pain to non-human species for centuries, what right would it complain of, if it suffers in the same way?

My best regards, Venus