China’s Toxic Dog Food Threatens Our Four-Legged Friends

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A nexus can be formed among seemingly unrelated things during unusual times. Such is the case with dogs, COVID-19, mental health, politicians, and China’s history of peddling toxic products.

Americans of all ages have experienced a harmful lack of social interaction in the last year, with no definitive end in sight. For millions, the best therapy is a dog.


As the acquisition of furry friends skyrockets and our dependence on them increases with our isolation, those dogs’ health may be at risk from food and supplements made with ingredients sourced in China. First they sent us COVID-19, and now — yet again — potentially toxic food threatening the four-legged friends helping us through it.

American pet owners prefer American-made pet food, but this market is not regulated with the scrutiny of human food.

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How did people become convinced that pets should like to eat the same nasty kibble day in and day out? What was wrong with the leftovers from our own tables?
"yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.”
 
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How did people become convinced that pets should like to eat the same nasty kibble day in and day out? What was wrong with the leftovers from our own tables?
"yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.”
Most table scraps (at least in Western environments) are far too full of salt and fat for a dog to be healthy eating that all the time (of course the same goes for humans....). Not to mention things that are bad for dogs such as onions and garlic. Some people do make their own food out of chicken, beef, and such things, that is even better for the animals, generally.
 
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A nexus can be formed among seemingly unrelated things during unusual times. Such is the case with dogs, COVID-19, mental health, politicians, and China’s history of peddling toxic products.

Americans of all ages have experienced a harmful lack of social interaction in the last year, with no definitive end in sight. For millions, the best therapy is a dog.


As the acquisition of furry friends skyrockets and our dependence on them increases with our isolation, those dogs’ health may be at risk from food and supplements made with ingredients sourced in China. First they sent us COVID-19, and now — yet again — potentially toxic food threatening the four-legged friends helping us through it.

American pet owners prefer American-made pet food, but this market is not regulated with the scrutiny of human food.

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China’s Toxic Dog Food Threatens Our Four-Legged Friends | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
My wife works for a pet food company that makes human grade dog and cat food in the USA. Asia is a large export market for them, primarily Japan, Taiwan and mainland China.
 
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