XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.agriculture, sci.agriculture   
   XPost: alt.cats   
      
   On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:38:38 -0700, Goo wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:25:11 -0700, dh@. wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:40:40 -0700 (PDT), "Mr.Smartypants" pointed out:   
   >>   
   >>>It was YOU [the Goober] who was trying to get everyone to believe that some   
   animals   
   >>>are raised stictly to be put into cans for pet food.   
   >>   
   >>"Cattle are specifically bred into existence to be pet   
   >>food.  There have been several citations to support this." - Goo   
   >>   
   >>"It's established:  cattle and other animals are expressly raised   
   >>to be pet food." - Goo   
   >>   
   >>"The truth is, as Del tells you, that some livestock are   
   >>specifically intended for pet food." - Goo   
   >>   
   >>"The animal was bred and raised to be pet food.  That's   
   >>exactly what the AP story says." - Goo   
   >>_________________________________________________________   
   >>Ron pointed out:   
   >>   
   >>> You also said cows are raised for 12 years specifically to become PET   
   >>> FOOD.   
   >>   
   >>Goo replied:   
   >>   
   >>Some are.   
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   >>   
   >>>Tell us where you think you believe the choice cuts from EXTRA   
   >>>livestock raised due to pet food demand are going.   
   >>   
   >>_________________________________________________________   
   >>. . .   
   >>When people think of pet food many envision whole chicken meat, choice cuts   
   of   
   >>beef, fresh grains and all the nutrition that their dog or cat would ever   
   need   
   >>. . .   
   >>Unfortunately what makes up most of dog and cat food today (those not   
   qualified   
   >>as "human-grade) comes from the rendering plant. To render, as defined in   
   >>Webster’s Dictionary, is “to process as for industrial use; to render   
   livestock   
   >>carcasses and to extract oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.” Some   
   things   
   >>that go into rendering are:   
   >>   
   >>* Spoiled rotten meat from the supermarket, styrofoam wrap and all.   
   >>   
   >>* Road kill that can’t be buried on the roadside.   
   >>   
   >>* The “4-D’s” of cattle; dead, dying, diseased and disabled   
   >>   
   >>* Rancid restaurant grease   
   >>   
   >>* Euthanized pets   
   >>. . .   
   >>http://www.acreaturecomfort.com/truthaboutpetfood.htm   
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   >   
   >Some livestock animals are destined to become pet food.   
      
       None are raised specifically to become pet food Goob, and no livestock in   
   addition to those raised to feed humans need to be raised in order to feed pets   
   too.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)