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I am a vegan and have just stumbled upon sites promoting vegan diets for pets. Apparently there are even companies getting into it and marketing food of this sort. This has to be considered abuse?
This.I have a serious problem with people enforcing a vegan or vegetarian diet on obligate carnivores. What part of carnivore do they not understand?
I don't know. Many of the weight management foods for cats are absurdly wrong with their food formulations as well, yet they're still on the shelves.I wonder if the food companies promoting this can be pressured to stop? they are legitimizing the idea
I was talking about the gimmicks like "indoor formula" and "weight control" stuff that's full of carbs. There's plenty of foods that are much better for cheap like Friskies pate style and others.I agree some food on shelf is also wrong but sadly not all can feed a better diet, myself included.
I think some vegans that have fallen over to this ridiculous line of reasoning could be retrieved by suggested 'humanely raised' meat in the pet food. Grassfed, free range non factory farm products. I personally feed my indoor cats raw. I try to buy brands that are as clean of meat sources as possible, lamb from New Zealand, rabbit...Most vegans including myself first are pulled to the diet because of the horrors of factory farming practices. Also, people that first get pets quickly realize the undeniable fact that animals have consciousness and emotions....become vegan. Then somehow with these factors feel conflicted and end up in a place where they are feeding their cats potatoes for a diet!? Sometimes I am even suspicious groups like Peta actually have an agenda to rid the planet of all carnivores. Their policies on feral cats is bizarre for an animal rights group. But I think these companies should focus on the humanely raised meat to cater to this mentality.
Since you have seen these, you should become a crusader to warn them. Find good articles about cat nutrition. Cats cannot become vegan, they will become ill and even die.
I think some vegans that have fallen over to this ridiculous line of reasoning could be retrieved by suggested 'humanely raised' meat in the pet food. Grassfed, free range non factory farm products. I personally feed my indoor cats raw. I try to buy brands that are as clean of meat sources as possible, lamb from New Zealand, rabbit...Most vegans including myself first are pulled to the diet because of the horrors of factory farming practices. Also, people that first get pets quickly realize the undeniable fact that animals have consciousness and emotions....become vegan. Then somehow with these factors feel conflicted and end up in a place where they are feeding their cats potatoes for a diet!? Sometimes I am even suspicious groups like Peta actually have an agenda to rid the planet of all carnivores. Their policies on feral cats is bizarre for an animal rights group. But I think these companies should focus on the humanely raised meat to cater to this mentality.
Peta is a radical organization full of sociopathological zealots. They package their message as concern for animals which many people can support. The idea that domesticated dogs and cats are slaves is so completely ridiculous, and one of many many examples of what a completely messed up organization it is. However I think it is an excellent public service to point out that their "thinking" is terrible in general so that people aren't snowed into giving these horrible people money ever.