Pet-owning bloggers mobilize on food front

[Therese]

Bloggers (including PetsitUSA.com & The Pet Food List) hit the news again, this time in USA Today: Pet-owning bloggers mobilize on food front.

America’s pet owners — 56% of U.S. households, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association — were hungry for information as news spread that thousands of dogs and cats might have died after eating ingredients exported from China that were laced with an industrial chemical called melamine.

What they found was often piecemeal, difficult to find in one place. There were daily stories in newspapers and on TV. Press releases announcing recalls were scattered on a dozen pet-food maker’s websites.

Then came the accidental bloggers. Within a week, a front line of websites sorted themselves into a news-and-information collection-and-dissemination machine.


Read the rest of the story here..

[Cindy Nevarez]

That is soooo cool!!!!

You guys are our Guardian Angels!

[Geff]

Very cool. I've said it before, I belive without the Pet Food List & the original blog on this site, my kitty could have easily died. I don't have the words to thank Therese, Ben at Itchmo, Gary & Davis on this board & all the others enough for saving his life. Gary who posts here was the first to point me to Cal Nat, which ended up being the only non recalled food that my allergy prone boy could tolerate.

These forums also gave me enough info to not force him to eat foods he didn't want (Natural Balance for one), & a place to unload all the insane fear.

[Therese]

Thanks, guys! I'm really glad to hear the info here has helped...and glad I've been able to provide a place for people to help each other. It's been a lot of hard work on all of our parts and it's good to see so many people supporting each other!

[empire]

When I read that in the paper, I clipped it out to save in my Recall File