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Old April 5th, 2007, 01:02 PM
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I personally wasn't affected (I cook for my dog) but the animal shelter where I work was hit hard. We had to throw out so much food. Almost all of the canned cat food had to be thrown away. The dogs had been eating Alpo before it got recalled. (I know, ) I am sure a lot of other shelters and rescues are having problems too. The shelter does buy dry food (and since I took over nutrition and feeding, they are buying holistic brands. We feed a lot less, so the cost almost works out) however all the canned food is donated by the public, and it is almost all crap brands. We feel horrible that the animals were probably eating some of the tainted food. Actually we had a cat get mysteriously ill a month ago- the cat was only 2, just suddenly stopped eating, got really sick and had to be put down. The vet said probably liver or kidney failure, which is odd in a formerly healthy 2 year old cat! Now we wonder if it was the food that made him sick.:sad:
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