My thoughts are with those of you (and your pets!) that have had to deal personally with this food issue. I have checked and double-checked to make sure that my dog, Chance, was not exposed to foods from Menu Foods. Luckily, it appears that he wasn't.
I know that PETA is not on too many lists "best loved" animal rights organizations, but I did read from them this morning that Menu Foods knew of the contamination around February 20th and did not issue the recall until weeks later. If you are interested, you can find PETA
here (beware that some stuff on their site is pretty upsetting to see). For the record, many of PETA's antics have been upsetting to me and I do not support everything they do. On the other hand, they do have some ideas regarding this crisis that some people might want to consider.
Here are some recommendations from PETA:
Buy pet food only from companies that test their foods in modern ways, not by experimenting on animals. The list of cruelty-free companies includes PetGuard, Evolution, and V-dog. One of the surest ways to stop corporations like Iams and Menu Foods is by not purchasing their products until they are proved to be safe and cruelty-free.
For a list of manufacturers that do not test on animals, click here.
Demand that Menu Foods take full responsibility for these animal deaths from tainted food and the company's slow response in letting people know. Insist that the company take measures to ensure that this will never happen again, and ask Menu Foods to end its cruel and old-fashioned experiments on dogs and cats.
Demand that Iams (Menu Foods manufactured the recalled Iams food) immediately end all laboratory tests on animals.
Chance and I wish you and your pets well!
-- Sky