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From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Mon Apr 2, 2007 5:33 am
Subject: Fw: Court Throws Out Bush Forest Management Regulations

lindegreene

Uh, oh! Looks like Alberto Gonzalez may have to fire Judge Hamilton!

AnimalVoicesNews

Source/Letters: ENS <editor @ ens-news.com> (close spaces)
Link: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2007/2007-03-30-09.asp#anchor1

Note: Thank goodness for the Ninth Circuit.

Court Throws Out Bush Forest Management Regulations

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 30, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Forest Service can no longer use forest management regulations put in place by the Bush administration in 2005, because they violate three laws, a federal judge in California ruled today.

The ruling, by U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for Northern California, invalidates regulations that changed the land management planning process for national forests by eliminating mandatory protections for wildlife and clean water and removing public participation in the process.

Among the measures discarded by the Bush administration was a key regulatory guarantee of wildlife viability in the national forests that had been in place since the Reagan administration.

"The national forest planning rules are like the Constitution for our National Forests, and the Bush administration tried to throw out the Bill of Rights," said attorney Trent Orr of Earthjustice, who argued the case before Judge Hamilton. "The Bush rule changes made any wildlife provisions in forest management plans purely aspirational, but the nation's wildlife deserve more than a 'hope and a prayer' planning system."

Earthjustice, representing Defenders of Wildlife, The Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club and Vermont Natural Resources Council, filed a legal challenge to the Bush administration rule changes in October 2004.

"The Bush administration�s rules would have undone 20 years of protections for wildlife and clean water," said Sierra Club Forest Policy Specialist Sean Cosgrove. "This ruling is a huge victory for all Americans who hunt, fish, and enjoy our National Forests."

Judge Hamilton ruled that the Bush regulations violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Administrative Procedures Act.

"These regulations were designed by a former timber industry lobbyist," Cosgrove said. "They put the timber industry first and citizens and wildlife last. They would have silenced the voices of citizens in local forest planning, and allowed destructive projects to move forward with little oversight."

The judge's ruling prohibits the Bush administration from "implementation and utilization" of the new forest planning regulations. "The court verified what we already knew - that the Bush administration has used every angle possible to undo protections for our wildlife, forests, and clean water," said Cosgrove. "At a time when wildlife face mounting threats, we need to move towards responsible forest management that protects our public lands for future generations instead of giving them away to special interests."

Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2006. All Rights Reserved.
The ENS website is maintained by HKCR LLC

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#21965

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Mon Apr 2, 2007 2:11 pm
Subject: Fw: Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes

lindegreene

AnimalVoicesNews

MORE FREE LEGAL ADVICE: If your pet(s) did NOT eat and/or suffer illness or death from recalled products, I suggest you retain/keep/save any foods and/or empty cans you are feeding to them for a period of time to ensure the health of your pets. You may always return the products for a refund; but, you may need the food for evidence in a legal action. Hence, don't rush to return foods for a refund, and don't throw it away. (Earlier free legal advice below articles)
Judy.
Judy Reed
Former Legal Assistant
(Not licensed to practice law in Colorado, California, or anywhere else!)
AnimalVoices
Speaking For Animals & Their Environment

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Contact

Del Monte Foods
Mary Sestric, 412-222-8091
Or
Melissa Murphy-Brown, 412-222-8713
P.O. Box 80
Pittsburgh PA 15230-0080
Consumer Hotline at (800) 949-3799

PRESS RELEASE
Link: http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html

Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific
Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2007�As a precautionary measure, Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling select product codes of its pet treat products sold under the Jerky Treats�, Gravy Train� Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels� brands as well as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under private label brands. A complete list of affected brands and products is below AND AT: <http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html>

The Company took this voluntary recall action immediately after learning this morning from the FDA that wheat gluten supplied to Del Monte Pet Products from a specific manufacturing facility in China contained melamine. Melamine is a substance not approved for use in food. The FDA made this finding as part of its ongoing investigation into the recent pet food recall.

The adulteration occurred in a limited production quantity on select product codes of the brands below. This recall removes all Del Monte pet products with wheat gluten procured from this manufacturing facility from retail shelves.

No other Del Monte Pet Products treats, biscuits or wet dog food products are impacted by this recall,and no Del Monte dry cat food, dry dog food, wet cat food or pouched pet foods are subject to this voluntary recall. The affected products comprise less than one-tenth of one percent of Del Monte Pet Products' annual pet food and pet treat production.

Del Monte Pet Products has proactively engaged and fully cooperated with the FDA since the start of its investigation. The adulterated ingredients were used in limited production over the last three months for those items identified by specific product codes. Del Monte Pet Products has not used wheat gluten from this manufacturing facility in China in any other pet products except those described below.

Consumers should discontinue feeding the products with the Product Codes detailed below to their pets.

Del Monte Pet Products are 100% guaranteed and all voluntarily recalled products will be refunded.

Del Monte Pet Products customers can contact our Consumer Hotline at (800) 949-3799 for further information about the recall and for instructions on obtaining a product refund. If consumers visit our website, they can click on the "Contact Us" button and submit the Contact Us form, including UPC number, product name, Best By Date, and manufacturing code information (located under the Best By date).

LISTING BELOW AND AT: http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html

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Source: Business Wire
Link: http://home.businesswire.com:80/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=NEWS_VIEW_POPUP_TYPE&newsId=20070331005023&ndmHsc=v2*A1175338800000*B1175411498000*DgroupByDate*J1*N1000837&newsLang=en&beanID=202776713&viewID=news_view_popup

Thanks for link: "Greyhoundlady"      gryhndlady@...

March 31, 2007 07:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily
Withdraws Specific Product
Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As a precautionary measure, Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling select product codes of its pet treat products sold under the Jerky Treats�, Gravy Train� Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels� brands as well as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under private label brands. A complete list of affected brands and products is below.

The Company took this voluntary recall action immediately after learning this morning from the FDA that wheat gluten supplied to Del Monte Pet Products from a specific manufacturing facility in China contained melamine. Melamine is a substance not approved for use in food. The FDA made this finding as part of its ongoing investigation into the recent pet food recall.

The adulteration occurred in a limited production quantity on select product codes of the brands below. This recall removes all Del Monte pet products with wheat gluten procured from this manufacturing facility from retail shelves.

No other Del Monte Pet Products treats, biscuits or wet dog food products are impacted by this recall, and no Del Monte dry cat food, dry dog food, wet cat food or pouched pet foods are subject to this voluntary recall. The affected products comprise less than one-tenth of one percent of Del Monte Pet Products� annual pet food and pet treat production.

Del Monte Pet Products has proactively engaged and fully cooperated with the FDA since the start of its investigation. The adulterated ingredients were used in limited production over the last three months for those items identified by specific product codes. Del Monte Pet Products has not used wheat gluten from this manufacturing facility in China in any other pet products except those described below.

Consumers should discontinue feeding the products with the Product Codes detailed below to their pets.

Del Monte Pet Products are 100% guaranteed and all returned product will be refunded.

Del Monte Pet Products customers can visit our website (www.delmonte.com) <http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html> or contact our Consumer Hotline at (800) 949-3799 for further information about the recall and for instructions on obtaining a product refund.

Following is a list of the Products and Best Buy Dates that have been voluntarily recalled:

Production Code/Best By Date

BRANDED

Jerky Treats Beef Flavor Dog Snacks
     Code:         TP7C05         TP7B07         TP7B08         TP7B09         TP6B10
     Best By:         Aug 05 08         Aug 07 08         Aug 08 08         Aug 09 08         Aug 10 08

     Code:         TP7B15         TP7C05         TP7C06
     Best By:         Aug 15 08         Sep 02 08         Sep 03 08

Gravy Train Beef Sticks Dog Snacks
     Code:         TP7B19         TP7B20         TP7B21
     Best By:         Aug 19 08         Aug 20 08         Aug 21 08

Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist Chicken Flavor Cat Treats
     Code:         TP7C07         TP7C12
     Best By:         Sep 04 08         Sep 09 08


PRIVATE LABEL

Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Jerky Strips Dog Treats
     Code:         TP7B06         TP7B07         TP7C05         TP7C06         TP7C07
     Best By:         Aug 06 08         Aug 07 08         Sep 02 08         Sep 03 08         Sep 04 08

     Code:         TP7C08
     Best By:         Sep 05 08

Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Snack Sticks Dog Treats
     Code:         TP7B19         TP7B20         TP7B21         TP7C08         TP7C09
     Best By:         Aug 19 08         Aug 20 08         Aug 21 08         Sep 05 08         Sep 06 08

Ol' Roy Bark'n Bac'n Beef & Bacon Flavor Dog Treats
     Code:         TP7C14
     Best By:         Sep 11 08

Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food
     Code:         BC6M21
     Best By:         Dec 21 09

Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Strips in Gravy Dog Food
     Code:         BC7A19
     Best By:         Jan 19 10

Ol' Roy Country Stew Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food
     Code:         BC6M15
     Best By:         Dec 15 09

Dollar General Beef Flavored Jerky Strips Dog Treats
     Code:         TP7C06
     Best By:         Sep 03 08

Dollar General Beef Flavored Beef Sticks Dog Treats
     Code:         TP7B20         TP7B21
     Best By:         Aug 20 08         Aug 21 08

Happy Tails Beef Flavor Jerky Strips
     Code:         TPY7B08         TP7B09
     Best By:         Aug 08 08         Aug 09 08

Happy Tails Meaty Cuts with Beef in Gravy Dog Food
     Code:         BC7A29
     Best By:         Jan 29 10
As part of the pet community, we value the health and well-being of pets, and we deeply regret this unfortunate situation. We will continue to take any and all actions necessary to ensure the quality and safety of our products.

Contacts
Del Monte Foods
Mary Sestric, 412-222-8091
Or
Melissa Murphy-Brown, 412-222-8713

� Business Wire 2007

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#21967

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Tue Apr 3, 2007 6:50 am
Subject: Fw: [AR-News] TOXIC FOOD: Essential Recall Updates

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Forwarded Message:

Subj:	TOXIC FOOD: Essential Recall Updates
Date:	4/2/2007 1:36:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
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4/2/07: TOXIC FOOD - Essential Recall Updates
In this alert:

To Make Report + Get New Information
New & Ongoing Recall Info, As Of 4/2/07
Good Advice...
Suspicious DRY Food Contamination?
Some Retailers Not Pulling Recalled Food
Pertinent Articles & Websites

http://www.Petconnection.com
Update 4/1, 7:50 am: 2,822 pets have been reported as deceased to our
PetConnection database. Of these, 1,557 are cats, and 1,265 dogs.

Photos from: Pet Food Recall Photo Gallery
http://www.flickr.com/groups/petfoodrecall/

My favorite photo of Sasha (1994(?)-March 21, 2007).
Loyal, chatty, purring; cuddler; alarm clock; lap warmer; soccer player;
head turner; shy; sweet. You are missed, little kitty.

At the end of this past February, Mao stopped eating. His vet told me he had
late stage kidney failure with off the chart readings. I made the decision
to have him put to sleep. I stayed up all night with him, took pictures, and
sobbed. He'd lay his head on my arm trying to comfort me... I found out a
couple of weeks ago about the recall. I fed Mao Iams Select Bites in Gravy
daily before his sudden death. I am livid. I'm going to speak out on this
issue as much as possible. I don't want Mao or the thousands of other
animals to have died in vain. Menu Foods does not deserve protection.

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1. To Make Report + Get New Information
Adverse effects or deaths of pets conclusively linked to eating
contaminated foods should be reported to the FDA:
   http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/complain.html
American Veterinary Medical Association website contains helpful information
for pet parents and veterinarians:
   http://www.avma.org/aa/menufoodsrecall/default.asp
The FDA has also posted new information on the pet food recall and its
regulation of pet foods:
   http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petfoods.htm#newsreleases
FDA Enforcement Report Index:
   http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html

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2. New & Ongoing Recall Info, As Of 4/2/07
SCIENCE DIET DRY FOOD:
   Hill's Pet Nutrition recalls Prescription Diet m/d Feline DRY food
   http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/30/pet.food.recall.ap/index.html
    Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Single Product, Prescription
    Diet� m/d� Feline DRY Food, Only Product Containing Wheat Gluten
   http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/hills303_07.html
   Hill's Pet Nutrition: http://www.hillspet.com/

DEL MONTE PET PRODUCTS:
   Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet
    Treats and Wet Dog Food Products
   http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-
    content=NEWS_VIEW_POPUP_TYPE&newsId=20070331005023&ndmHsc=v2*A1175338800000*
    B1175411498000*DgroupByDate*J1*N1000837&newsLang=en&beanID=202776713&viewID=
    news_view_popup
    [COPY/PASTE long URL into browser window to see list of Del Monte products.]
    Del Monte Pet Products: http://www.delmonte.com
    Consumer Hotline: 800-949-3799

NESTLE PURINA PETCARE PRODUCTS:
    Pet food recall expands to new wet brand
   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_on_go_ot/pet_food_recall
    Nestle Purina PetCare Co. said it was recalling all sizes and varieties of
    its Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes...
   Nestle Purina PetCare: http://www.purina.com

MENU FOODS RECALLED DOG PRODUCT INFO:
   Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
    http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html

MENU FOODS RECALLED CAT PRODUCT INFO:
   Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
    http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html

PETSMART PRODUCTS THAT ARE PART OF RECALL
   http://l.petsmart-mail.com/l/r/04LRGH8B0LfKq02HkX

PETSMART RECALLED BRANDS:
   Authority: 1-866-738-7375
    Award : 1-866-738-7375
    Eukanuba� 1-800-882-1591, http://www.eukanuba.com
    Grreat Choice: 1-866-738-7375
    Hills/Science Diet: 1-800-445-5777, http://www.hillspet.com
    Iams: 1-800-882-1591, http://www.iams.com
    Mighty Dog: 1-800-778-7462, http://www.purina.com
    Mixables: 1-303-768-8400, http://www.varietypetfoods.com
    Nutro: 1-800-833-5330, http://www.nutroproducts.com
    Sophisticat: 1-866-738-7375

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3. Good Advice...
From: Judy Reed <AnimalVoicesNews@...> AnimalVoicesNews

1. DO NOT FEED PET FOODS CONTAINING WHEAT GLUTEN.
(CNN, 4-1-07 - Unfortunately, Not an April Fool's Joke) I have purged my
pantry of all pet foods containing wheat gluten whether or not the producer
is on the recall list at this time. I have set these foods aside and have
NOT thrown them away or returned them, yet.
NOTE FROM KC: I know for a fact Wellness Brand uses NO WHEAT GLUTEN.

2. SAVE ALL receipts for ANY and ALL pet foods and bills for veterinary
visits, tests, medications, and your personal incidental expenses (including
but not limited to mileage to and from stores for different pet food, to
vets, to pharmacies, for physician visits and medication YOU require during
this stressful time, etc) in connection with any illness in your pet you
suspect or believe "may" be related to contaminated food -- whether or not
you intend to make a claim at this time. (This language is intended to
ensure you leave nothing out!) Also, retain a portion of, or all of any pet
foods you have fed to your pets prior to this contamination recall,
particularly prior to an illness, including packaging, and receipts or
proofs of purchase for the foods. Remember, if at such time you decide a
claim is in order, too many documents and kinds of physical evidence are
better than none or not enough.
Judy Reed, Former Legal Assistant
(Not licensed to practice law in Colorado, California, or anywhere else!)
AnimalVoices / Speaking For Animals & Their Environment / BushWatcherNews

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4. Suspicious DRY Food Contamination?
IAMS DRY
Is Iams Dry Food Also Contaminated?
http://www.peta.org/feat-iams.asp
PETA has received queries from concerned dog and cat guardians who are
worried animals might fall ill after eating dry food, and as a result, PETA
is demanding that Iams and Menu Foods also recall dry food products until
they are chemically tested -- and cleared -- for safety. We have also sent
an urgent letter to the director of the Food and Drug Administration's
Center for Veterinary Medicine urging him to investigate Iams and other
companies that sell food supplied by Menu Foods...

SEVERAL REPORTS OF IAMS DRY FOOD LINKED TO ILLNESS
http://tinyurl.com/37d8en

DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLE DRY FOOD CONTAMINATION
http://www.gothamist.com/2007/03/17/pet_food_recall.php#comment-1043832

NUTRO DRY
IS NUTRO DRY FOOD ALSO CONTAMINATED?
From: <labailey428@...>
I called Nutro after the emails I got b/c my dogs are vomiting yellow bile
too - they confirmed they are about to do an official recall on dry food .
They said to quit feeding it to them immediately and go buy something not
distributed by Nutro or Menu Foods. Nutro: 800-833-5330

CLARIFICATION REGARDING NUTRO DRY
From: Despina Andrelus <shilohbloo2002@...>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007
Although some people were told of this pending recall from Nutro, others
were told that Nutro�s soon-to-be recall is not true... but here is my take
on it: The main thing I know is that my big dog, Zak, who was eating Nutro
dry (the others are on prescription food, thankfully!), was throwing up, as
well... with the yellow bile... blood in stool. So, I took a urine sample in
and was told that it tested strong for probable kidney failure, they would
have to take a blood test to be sure. After the blood test, I was --
thankfully -- told that the kidneys were okay, but he did have a bladder
infection, and possible Cushing�s Disease. Aside from that, I have had so
many of my cats die in the past couple of years from kidney failure and
unknown symptoms, and they were all on Nutro dry cat food...

I have heard so many people that have animals with similar symptoms with
Nutro dry, with blood in their urine, as well, testing strong for kidney
failure, coming out of it with with urinary infections, that I have to
believe something is dreadfully wrong with Nutro's food. I have now switched
to Blue holistic food for Zak (Royal Canin for my two remaining cats), and
he no longer vomits...no longer seeks out grass to eat... His stool is near
perfect and he's interested in food again. As a matter of interest, I will
also be calling the number, and asking for someone higher up to explain the
situation. But for me, talk is cheap... my dog is the proof of the matter,
and Nutro has way past betrayed my trust...

NOTE FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE: In light of last year�s Nutro �poison scare,� and
now the current recall, we advise everyone to steer clear of all Nutro products.

WHAT ABOUT WHEAT GLUTEN?
SHOULD I GET RID OF ANY BRAND WITH WHEAT GLUTEN IN IT?
From: Judy Reed <AnimalVoicesNews@...>

Question: Not all pet foods contain wheat gluten, but what about the
companies not listed in the recall that DO!?

Answer: At this time, the ASPCA is uncertain ... other pet food
manufacturers may also issue voluntary recalls, and advises pet parents to
contact their pet food manufacturer directly. With the addition of this
brand of dry pet food to the massive Menu Foods recall.

ASPCA Urges Caution as Dry Food is Voluntarily Added to Pet Food Recall
Advises Consumers Not to Panic�Not All Dry Foods Contain Wheat Gluten
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_033107

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5. Some Retailers Not Pulling Recalled Food
From: adrienne dearmas <adrienne@...>
Subject: Something YOU can do about the Menu Foods recall

PetSmart has an invested interest in taking the Menu Foods recalled food off
their shelves but supermarkets do NOT.

I was in a Giant supermarket today (March 26); in their "Reduced for Quick
Sale" bins I saw multiple cans of "Companion" cat food, all of which were
cuts, sliced and non-pate style canned food. I took the can to the general
manager and asked him if he was aware of the Menu Foods recall. He informed
me that the cans in the store were not on "the list," and that they had
removed the tainted cans, based on the UPC code, last week. I asked if he
was following the story and was he aware that Menu Foods had recalled ALL
cans, regardless of date code. He said, "well, yes, I saw something about
that this morning and I told my guy to look into it." He then went back to
what he was doing.

Go to your local grocery store or Walmart and check to see what is on the
shelves. If you find the poisoned food, remove it and take it to the general
manager and ask him/her to make it a priority to remove the food from the
shelves.

Assume that the average person a) doesn't know about the recall b) thinks
the quality food they buy at their local grocery store is "not on the list"
and help protect their pets for them! Also, the Washington Post did a story
several years ago about canned cat and dog food being purchased by poor and
homeless people as a cheap means of protein. You'd think the grocery stores
would be mindful of that sad fact even if they don't care about cats and
dogs! Thanks, Adrienne DeArmas, Chris Usher Photography & Associates, Inc.
www.chrisusher.com

*NOTE FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE: I experienced the same thing at a local
Walgreens. The manager I spoke to seemed unaware of the changing nature of
the recall.

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6. Pertinent Articles & Websites
Barking up wrong tree in pet food recall?
Lawyer claims culprit is vitamin D
   http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/04/01/pf-3888145.html
    4/1/07, By ALAN CAIRNS, SUN MEDIA - As the poisoned pet food crisis widened
    yesterday with the recall of a dry food, a Toronto lawyer leading a
    $60-million class-action negligence suit against a Guelph company fears
    scientists might be barking up the wrong tree.

    With suspicions in the Menu Foods poisoning shifting from animopterin rat
    poison to melamine used in Asian fertilizers, lawyer David Himelfarb said
    suspect food should be "immediately" tested for excessive vitamin D.

    Himelfarb said the kidney failure seen in the Menu Foods case is "exactly"
    the same as symptoms that left a Whitby woman's dog seriously ill in 2005.
    The woman, Janet Grixti, alleges in a statement of claim filed in Superior
    Court of Ontario that her chocolate Labrador Mocha became ill after it was
    fed Royal Canin pet food with excessive amounts of vitamin D.

    10 TIMES NORMAL: "We have taken hundreds of samples of (Royal Canin) food
    from across the GTA. I can't give you accurate numbers ... but there is an
    awful lot of (vitamin D) ... some tests have shown more than 10 times the
    normal amount ... might even be more," said Himelfarb, who is on the
    class-action case with lawyer Joe Rochon.

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received 8,800 complaints of dog
    and cats deaths or illness... READ MORE:
    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/04/01/pf-3888145.html

List of recalled pet foods grows longer
   http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/pet.food.recall.ap/index.html
    Story Highlights

� One type of Alpo wet dog food recalled on Saturday
� Hill's Pet Nutrition recalls Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food
� FDA says chemical used in plastics found in recalled pet food, sick animals
� Scientists not sure melamine was cause of pets' deaths

http://www.Petconnection.com
    Update 4/1, 7:50 am: 2,822 pets have been reported as deceased to our
    PetConnection database. Of these, 1,557 are cats, and 1,265 dogs.

Tainted Food Pet Deaths Put At Over 100
   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/28/earlyshow/contributors/debbyeturner/main2618085.shtml

Cats may be more sensitive to pet food contaminant
Greater susceptibility to melamine may explain why more cats than dogs died
    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/pet.food.recall.cats.ap/index.html

FDA: Plastics Chemical In Recalled Pet Food
   http://www.wlky.com/tu/5nJcbXZhu.html

What is melamine?
    http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/03/fda_plastics_ch.html
    What is melamine? The safety sheet for this chemical says it is a white
    crystalline solid that has proved toxic in lab tests on rabbits and rats. AP
    says it is used as fertilizer in Asia...

OTHER INFORMATIVE RECALL SITES
    http://www.howl911.com/petfoodrecall.htm
    http://l.petsmart-mail.com/l/r/04LRGH8B0LfKq02HkX
    http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=196265&p=factset16

What's in a Can of Dog Food? Don't ask.
   http://www.slate.com/id/2162164?GT1=9231

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: PET FOOD RECIPE?
SOURCE: Cornwall's Voice For Animals, cvfa.uk@...
[From my friend on myspace] 3/22/07, Gayle writes: My brother has actually
been to the [MENU FOODS] plant in Columbia/Lexington, South Carolina. (He
automates machinery and they bought machinery from the company my brother
works for.) He said it was DEPPLORABLE! Upon entering the road to the plant,
there are barrels lined up, starting at the street. People from nearby areas
bring their dead pets, cattle, road kill and shelters (their euthanized
animals) and dump them in the barrels. The barrels are then taken inside the
plant where the carcasses are boiled. They pull out the larger bones to
resell as pet bones. The meat, hide, small bones and fur are ground up and
sold as pet food to the companies on the recall list. My brother said the
smell at that place is unbearable. He could not stay there because of the
smell and knowing how they made the pet food. He said he could not stop from
gagging... He said they also use rotten fish from the grocery store, old
dead chickens. After his trip to that plant, he began making his own dog
food for his dog

KINSHIP CIRCLE RECOMMENDS...
Check out natural, preservative/additive-free lines:
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All-Natural Dog Food:
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#21969

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Wed Apr 4, 2007 4:08 am
Subject: Fw: Pet food may have killed scores more & ABOUT THE LABEL

lindegreene

AnimalVoicesNews

Note: It's all out in the open now.

Suggestion: Be careful about comments from Banfield Vets, which is "affiliated" with PetsMart, the seller of many of the recalled foods, and in particular, its own label: Authority. (I don't know what the connection is between Banfield and PetsMart -- whether it's just a rental situation, or more.)

Source/Letters: USA Today <editor @ usatoday.com> (close spaces)
Link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-03-25-pet-food-scare_N.htm

Pet food may have killed scores more

By Courtney Sargent, The Arizona Republic
Jeff Burnton's dog Damion had similar symptoms. But unlike Nikki, Damion survived.

ABOUT THE LABEL

What's really in that can of pet food on your shelf?
Here's a guide to some ingredients listed on the label and what they really are, according to the Association of American Feed Control Officials:

Chicken, beef or fish: clean flesh from these animals.

Meat byproducts: blood, bone and organs such as lungs, spleen, kidney, brains, liver, stomachs and intestines from slaughterhouses.

Poultry byproducts: necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, lungs, intestines. Not feathers.

Meat or poultry byproduct meal: blood, bone and organs that are rendered, dried and ground up. Can include tissue from animals that died outside slaughterhouses.

Steamed bone meal: bones separated through cooking and ground up. It provides minerals, mainly calcium and phosphorus.

Taurine: an amino acid needed by cats.

Grains: labeled either as whole grains, such as corn or barley, or as ground milled products, which are what's left after flour and cereal are processed.

Vegetables: dried yams, beet pulp, carrots.

Additives: vitamins and minerals, flavorings and preservatives.

By Anita Manning, USA TODAY

By Elizabeth Weise and Julie Schmit, USA TODAY
The Food and Drug Administration has received more than 4,400 calls from pet owners about the recalled, contaminated dog and cat food that has reportedly sickened and injured animals across the USA.

But the agency has yet to follow up on the calls, so it doesn't know how many represent sick animals or simply concerned owners, says Stephen Sundlof, director of FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine.

Many pet owners are questioning the reported number of animals that have died from consuming contaminated pet food found in some of the more than 60 million recalled cans and pouches.

Menu Foods, which produced the food, has listed 16 deaths: 15 cats and one dog. The FDA is listing only 14 confirmed dead.

"That's such hogwash," says Jeff Burnton, 49, of Phoenix. He says his two dogs became sick on March 12 after eating kibble mixed with one of the recalled cans of food. Nikki was euthanized March 17; the other dog, Damion, just returned home from the vet on Sunday. "Not that they're covering up, but I think they're being corporate-like in what they're releasing."

An announcement Friday by authorities in New York state that their testing confirmed the presence of a rat poison, aminopterin, in samples of the recalled products explained some of the mystery.

While not legal for use in the USA, it is used overseas, officials at the Environmental Protection Agency say. The New York State Food Laboratory found the poison in the tested cat food samples. Dog food samples were not tested. Humans touching the food are not at any risk, officials say. Only eating the food is dangerous.

Aminopterin (am-in-OP-tah-rin) was originally used to inhibit the growth of tumor cells in the 1940s in the USA but was replaced with less toxic drugs later.

At high doses, aminopterin causes crystals to be created in the tiny tubes of the kidneys, plugging and damaging them and causing kidney failure, says Sandy Willis, a small-animal internist with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

ACVIM is recommending that veterinarians force fluids or use IVs to help flush the crystals out of the kidneys. But Willis cautions this is not something owners should try at home. Owners with sick pets should take them to a veterinarian, she says.

The Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University are collecting tissue samples from dead animals and kidney biopsies from living ones.

While some on the Web have wondered if aminopterin was in fact the culprit, a necropsy performed on Burnton's dog had exactly those characteristics. His dog's kidney tubules were destroyed by "abundant crystalline material," according to the veterinary pathologist who signed the postmortem report.

There are still questions about how many animals have died. With no national reporting system for animal injury or death, official numbers are impossible to come by.

However, data from the nation's largest chain of pet hospitals, Banfield, suggest it is as high as hundreds a week during the three months the food was on the market.

During that time, the more than 600 Banfield hospitals in 43 states saw 200 to 250 cases of kidney failure in cats above the usual number that would have been expected, says Hugh Lewis, president of Data Savant, Banfield's data collection arm.

During that period, Banfield vets saw 100,000 cats. Extrapolating to the entire cat population of the USA, that could mean "we're probably talking several hundred cats a week across the country being affected," Lewis says.

Another possible indicator is a database compiled by PetConnection.com. As of Sunday, owners reported 1,626 deceased pets � 941 cats and 685 dogs, says Gina Spadafori, one of the website's writers.

She cautions that those figures were self-reported by pet owners and had not been confirmed by veterinarians. Menu Foods said on Friday it would compensate owners for their pets' medical bills.

"To the extent that we identify that the cause of any expenses incurred are related to the food, Menu will take responsibility for that," said Menu Foods chief executive Paul Henderson.

Despite some complaints by pet owners that animals have been sickened or died after eating dry food, FDA does not believe any dry food was involved in the contamination. Menu does not make dry pet food.

How the aminopterin got into the food is still an open question. FDA is looking into wheat gluten used in the food as "a likely suspect," but is "looking at each of the raw materials" in the food for contaminants, Sundlof says.

FDA has traced the wheat gluten shipments and says "the only place it has gone is into pet food," not the human food supply chain, Sundlof says.

While sabotage has not been ruled out, there are no leads in that direction, Sundlof says.

The entire incident merely underscores a need for more funding of the agencies that protect the U.S. food supply, says Jean Halloran, director of food policy initiatives for Consumers Union.

"The entire food-safety system is understaffed and underfunded," she says. Of particular concern is the FDA's inspection of imported food, she says.

PET FOOD RECALL
Foods affected: 50 dog brands | 40 for cats
Audio: Menu Foods sued over death of cat
Video: Critical information for pet owners

Contributing: Dennis Wagner of The Arizona Republic; The Associated Press
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#21970

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Wed Apr 4, 2007 4:17 am
Subject: Fw: Direct Action / Civil Disobedience Lecture and Discussion

lindegreene

Learn How To Be An Effective Activist - Direct Action Lecture and Discussion 4/13/2007

What: Direct Action Lecture and Discussion

When: Friday, April 13th, 2007

Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Where: West Hollywood Auditorium, 647 North San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 (In West Hollywood Park, south of Santa Monica Blvd)

Contact: Lisa Beal 310.271.6096 ext. 27 or email: Lisa@...

The history of direct action, also called civil disobedience, is long. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Vietnam anti-war demonstrators and countless others have used direct action as a legitimate and time-honored method of seeking change in the status quo.

Last Chance for Animals (LCA) is a U.S. based non-profit organization dedicated to ending the exploitation of animals. LCA has successfully used direct action as a valuable tool in its effort to end animal exploitation throughout its 28 year history. LCA was the first to expose the animal cruelty at the UCLA vivisection labs in the early 1980's.

Direct action is an effective tool for all activists, when used properly and in a strictly non-violent manner. The Direct Action Lecture will serve to teach and inspire activists to get involved and create change.

The direct action lecture is to be used as an educational tool.

LCA cannot endorse any illegal activity.

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#21973

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Thu Apr 5, 2007 4:02 am
Subject: Fw: Canadian Seal Massacre - Check Out This Vomit from the Seal Murderers

lindegreene

Check out this vomit from the seal murderers:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) makes every effort to ensure that seals are hunted as quickly, effectively, and humanely as possible. Enforcement of the regulations is thorough and comprehensive, specifically ensuring adherence to catch requirements, licence conditions, and humane harvesting practices. Penalties are tough and could include court-imposed fines, and/or orders to forfeit catches, gear, boats and licences.

The harp seal population is a healthy marine resource that can easily support a responsible harvest. An abundance survey conducted in 2004 estimated the harp seal population at 5.82 million animals; approximately three times the population of less than two million in the 1970s.

Because the continued health and abundance of the herd is the department�s main priority, DFO sets quotas for harp seals to ensure that the resource remains sustainable. Management measures have been developed for 2006-2010. A number of conservation groups agree that a regulated and responsible harvest of the seal herd is appropriate, provided it is sustainable in the long-term from a conservation perspective. As you may know, the hunt of harp (whitecoat) and hooded (blueback) seal pups has been banned in Canada since 1987. Regulations also prohibit the trade, sale, or barter of the fur of these pups.

The value of the seal hunt may appear negligible to some individuals, but it is tremendously valuable to those individuals who use it as their employment during a time when economic opportunities are limited in many remote, coastal communities. Some sealers have stated that their income from sealing can represent up to 35% of their total annual income. Also, the top homeports for sealers have unemployment rates that are in excess of 30% higher than the national average. Sealing and fishing are also time-honoured traditions that allow people to provide for their families through knowledge of the marine environment and hard work.

There are many measures in place to ensure a safe and humane harvest, such as close monitoring, tight regulations, and two-year apprenticeship training for those wishing to become professional sealers. Harvesting methods used for the seal hunt have been studied and approved by the Royal Commission on Seals and Sealing. The Commission found that the methods used in the harvest of the seal resource compare favourably to the use and dispatch of any other wild or domestic animal resource. DFO also encourages the fullest possible commercial use of seals with the emphasis on leather, oil, handicrafts, and in recent years, meat for human and animal consumption.

Veterinarians from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) issued a Special Report on Animal Welfare and the Harp Seal Hunt in Atlantic Canada in September 2002. Representatives and veterinarians of the CVMA made independent observations of the seal hunt. The study concluded that a large majority of seals taken during the hunt (up to 98 per cent) are killed in an acceptably humane manner. An Independent Veterinarians� Working Group (IVWG) was formed in 2005 and made observations and recommendations to further improve management and hunting practices. DFO is currently working to adopt these and other recommendations, such as improved enforcement and sealer training.

For more information, you are encouraged to visit DFO�s website at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/seal-phoque/index_e.htm.

Loyola Hearn, P.C., M.P.

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#21975

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Thu Apr 5, 2007 6:18 pm
Subject: Fw: CANADIAN SEAL MASSACRE - E-MAIL ACTION ALERT!

lindegreene

CANADIAN SEAL MASSACRE

E-MAIL ACTION ALERT!

EUROPEAN EMBASSY CONTACTS

April 5, 2007

The polar ice caps are melting, and mother harp seals are forced to give birth IN THE WATER. The babies cannot swim and immediately drown. In spite of this tragic state of affairs, Canada still wants to carry on its reprehensible massacre of infant Arctic seals - so that European pelt princesses can drape themselves in neonatal fur and Asian men suffering from erectile dysfunction can ingest the gonads to which they ignorantly ascribe restorative powers.

The only voice the animals have is YOURS.

Please avail yourselves accordingly of the contact information below:

European Union (will look into Europe-wide ban - please support)
Delegation of the European Commission to Canada
45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1900, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4
Tel: 613 238 6464
E-mail: Delegation-Canada@...

Austria
445 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6M7
Tel: 613 789 1444
Fax: 613 789 3431
E-mail: ottawa-ob@...

Belgium (ban in place - please thank)
360 Albert Street, Suite 820, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7
Tel: 613 236 7267
Fax: 613 236 7882
E-mail: ottawa@...

AND/OR
Kaperberg 8, B - 4700 Eupen
Tel: +32 (0)87/59 07 20
Fax: +32 (0)87/59 07 30
E-mail: verwaltung@...

Bulgaria
325 Stewart Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6K5
Tel: 613 789 3215
Tel/Fax: 613 789 3524
E-mail: mailmn@...

Croatian Parliament (ban in place - please thank)
Trg sv. Marka 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 45 69 222, +385 1 63 03 222
Fax: +385 1 63 03 018
E-mail: sabor@...

Cyprus
2211 R. Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Tel: (202) 462-5772
Fax: (202) 483-6710
E-mail: ctcny@...

Czech Republic
251 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0G2
Tel: 613 562 3875
Fax: 613 562 3878
E-mail: ottawa@...

Denmark
47 Clarence Street, Suite 450, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9K1
Tel: 613 562 1811
Fax: 613 562 1812
E-mail: ottamb@...

Estonia
260 Dalhousie Street, Suite 210, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7E4
Tel. 613 789 4222
Fax: 613 789 9555
E-mail: embassy.ottawa@...

Finland
55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 850, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L5
Tel: 613 288 2233
Fax: 613 288 2244
E-mail: embassy@...

France
42 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1M 2C9
Tel: 613 789 1795
Fax: 613 562 3735
E-mail form: click here

Germany (working on ban - please support)
1 Waverley Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0T8
Tel: 613 232 1101
Fax: 613 594 9330
E-mail: germanembassyottawa@...

AND

Deutscher Bundestag Platz der Republik 1
11011 Berlin
Tel: +49 30/227-0
Fax: +49 30/227-36878 or 227-36979
E-mail: click here for link

Greece
80 MacLaren Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0K6
Tel: 613 238 6271
Fax: 613 2385676
E-mail: embassy@...

Hungary
299 Waverley Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0V9
Tel: 613 230 2717
Fax: 613 230 7560
E-mail: sysadmin@...

Ireland
130 Albert Street, Suite 1105, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4
Tel: 613 233 6281
Fax: 613 233 5835
E-mail: ottawaembassy@...

Italy (temporary ban - please thank, but encourage permanent ban)
275 Slater Street, 21st Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H9
Tel: 613 232 2401
Fax: 613 233 1484
E-mail: ambasciata.ottawa@...

AND/OR
Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri
Palazzo Chigi
Piazza Colonna 370
00187 Roma - Italy
Tel: +390667791
E-mail: redazione.web@...

Latvia
Suite 1200, 350 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7S8
Tel: 613 238 6014
Fax: 613 238 7044
E-mail: embassy.canada@...

Lithuania
130 Albert Street, Suite 204, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4
Tel: 613 567 5458
Fax: 613 567 5315
E-mail: litemb@...

Luxembourg
2200 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 202 265 4171
Fax: 202 328 8270
E-mail: washington.info@... OR click here for direct contact to government website.

Malta
2017 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008
Telegraphic Address: "MALTAREP WASHINGTON D. C."
Tel: 202 462 3611

Netherlands (working on ban - please support)
350 Albert Street, Suite 2020, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1A4
Tel: 613 237 5030
Fax: 613 237 6471
E-mail: info@...

Poland
443 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6H3
Tel: 613 789 0468
Fax: 613 789 1218
E-mail: ottawa@...

Portugal
645 Island Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 0B8
Tel: 613 729 0883
Fax: 613 729 4236
E-mail: embportugal@...

Romania
655 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6A3
Tel: 613 789 3709
Fax: 613 789 4365
Email: romania@...

Slovakia
50 Rideau Terrace, Ottawa, Ontario K1M 2A1
Tel: 613 749 4442
Fax: 613 749 4989
E-mail: ottawa@...

Slovenia (ban in place - please thank)
150 Metcalfe St, Ste 2101, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1P1
Tel: 613 565 5781
Fax: 613 565 5783
E-mail: info.mzz@...

Spain
Simcoe Place, 200 Front Street West Oficina 2401.
P.O. Box 15, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3K2.
E-mail: cgspain.toronto@...

Sweden
377 Dalhousie Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9N8
Tel: 613 241 8553
Fax: 613 241 2277
E-mail: sweden.ottawa@...

United Kingdom (working on ban - please support)
80 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5K7
Tel: 613 237 1530
Fax: 613 237 7980
E-mail: generalenquiries@...

#21976

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2007 12:10 pm
Subject: RE: Food Makers Accused of Cover-Up

lindegreene

AnimalVoicesNews

Attorney mentioned:

Jay Edelson
Blim & Edelson, LLC
See: http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2460170_1?noconfirm=0
The Monadnock Building
53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1642
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone:     (312) 913-9400
Fax:     (312) 913-9401
E-mail:     Contact Us: <http://pview.findlaw.com/cmd/profileview?xsl=/xsl/lawyer_emailform.xsl&wld_id=2460170_1&which=email_addr:1>

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Link: http://www.nbc5.com/news/11521893/detail.html

Friday, April 6, 2007, 12:54 am
A big pet food recall has many pet owners uneasy.

Pet Owners Accuse Food Makers
Of Cover-Up

Attorneys Say Number Of Animals Killed
Higher Than Claimed

POSTED: 5:43 pm CDT April 4, 2007
UPDATED: 8:04 pm CDT April 4, 2007

CHICAGO -- Attorneys for families who lost their pets to tainted dog and cat food amended a class-action lawsuit that was filed last week, claiming that the company involved may be trying to cover up what actually happened.

Video: Pet Owners In Tailspin

NBC5's Charlie Wojciechowski reported that the lawsuit was being amended on Wednesday in an effort to hold the companies involved more responsible. Attorneys said they believe the number of animals who died from eating the contaminated food were likely closer to more than 3,000 pets, not the 15 or 16 currently being reported by the Food and Drug Administration.

Nearly 100 store and major-brand pet foods were recalled by manufacturer Menu Foods Inc. on March 16. Three other companies have recalled some foods since then. Menu Foods officials were unavailable for comment, and its Web site was last updated March 16, Wojciechowski reported. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has scheduled an afternoon news conference on Thursday to announce that he would hold hearings on the pet food recall.

Attorneys said Menu Foods tried to cover up evidence of tainted food. Attorneys said Menu Foods first began hearing reports of sick pets in December of last year, but didn't begin testing animals until late February. On March 6, it found a new supplier of the now-suspect wheat gluten, attorneys said, but it took another 10 days to announce a recall.

"We think that it actually rises to the level of fraud," said attorney Jay Edelson.

#21977

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2007 12:18 pm
Subject: Fw: 22 Brands of Dog Biscuits Are Added to Pet Food Recall

lindegreene

AnimalVoicesNews

Sunshine Mills' recalled products:
FDA: <http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/sunshinemills04_07.html>
Sunshine: <http://www.sunshinemills.com/press_release.html>

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Source/Letters: New York Times <letters @ nytimes.com> (close spaces)
Links: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/us/06petfood.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

22 Brands of Dog Biscuits Are
Added to Pet Food Recall

By KATIE ZEZIMA
Published: April 6, 2007

A recall of pet food tainted with melamine, a chemical used to make plastic products, has been widened to include 22 types of dog biscuits, the Food and Drug Administration <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/food_and_drug_administration/index.html?inline=nyt-org> said yesterday.

The biscuits, made by Sunshine Mills Inc., contain wheat gluten imported from China that contained melamine, said Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the F.D.A.

Sunshine Mills, of Red Bay, Ala., manufactures branded and private label dry pet food and biscuits. The recalled biscuits include Nurture Chicken and Rice Biscuit, Ol� Roy Peanut Butter Biscuit and Pet Life Large Biscuit.

Conrad Pitts, a lawyer for Sunshine Mills, said 80 percent of the tainted biscuits were sold by Wal-Mart, under the Ol� Roy brand. Mr. Pitts said that the company had produced about 24 truckloads of biscuits with the contaminated gluten, and that the majority of the product was large biscuits. He said wheat gluten accounted for less than 1 percent of the total weight of the biscuits.

Until last week, when moist cat treats, dog jerky and a type of dry cat food were added to the recall, it had been limited to wet pet food sold under a variety of brand names.

Menu Foods, which last month recalled more than 90 brands of its �cuts and gravy� pet food, said yesterday that it had extended the period of time covered by its recall to include food made after Nov. 8, 2006. The company, based in Ontario, initially recalled only food made from Dec. 3, 2006, to March 6, 2007.

The company also added 20 additional varieties of those brands to the recall list yesterday. Information about the recalled pet food can be found at <http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html> www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html.

Menu Foods said it acted after a supplier, ChemNutra of Las Vegas, recalled all wheat gluten it had imported from the Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company of Wangdien, China. ChemNutra said Wednesday that the F.D.A. had found melamine in the gluten. The agency said it was now testing all wheat gluten from China.

The Chinese government said yesterday that no wheat gluten had been exported to the United States or Canada. Xuzhou Anying denied it had ever shipped wheat gluten to either country.

�We are a trading company and don�t manufacture the product,� added Mao Lijun, the company�s general manager. Michael Rogers, director of the Division of Field Investigations for the F.D.A., said records showed that the tainted gluten came from China.

�We fully expect the Chinese government�s cooperation and assistance in our further investigation,� Mr. Rogers said.

Mr. Rogers and Dr. Sundlof said the gluten did not enter the human food supply. The agency said that it was still investigating how the melamine got into the gluten, and that it had notified all companies that had received it.

Though melamine has been found in the food and in the urine and kidneys of pets that have eaten the food, officials and scientists are not sure whether the chemical actually caused pets to get sick.

Melamine, which is also used as a slow-release fertilizer, is generally not known to be toxic. Some theories are that it might act as a marker for another unknown toxin that causes renal failure in pets, Dr. Sundlof said, or that cats and dogs are extremely sensitive to melamine.

�We still have a lot of work to do to understand why melamine is involved, as it is a relatively nontoxic substance,� Dr. Sundlof said. �We are relatively certain that there is a connection here someplace.�

The F.D.A. said it had received more than 12,000 complaints about pet food since the recall, as many as it usually gets in a two-year period on all topics combined. It has confirmed 16 deaths.

�We have no good information what that final number might be,� Dr. Sundlof said. �It will take a while for us to get there.�

The College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/iowa_state_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org> is investigating 43 suspected cases of pets that died from eating tainted food; the deaths of 18 are consistent with ingestion of a toxin, said Patrick Halbur, executive director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at Iowa State.

Dr. Halbur and Grant Maxie of the University of Guelph in Ontario, which is also investigating the cause of the illnesses and deaths, said it would probably take months to determine what made the pets sick.

In Chicago, Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, called for a hearing to question F.D.A. officials. He also called for standardized federal regulations and inspection requirements for pet food.

David Barboza contributed reporting from Shanghai, and Libby Sander from Chicago.

Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

Thanks to: wildlands@... for NYT article link

Menu Foods (for recalled foods)

<http://www.menufoods.com/recall/>
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Recalled DOG Products:
<http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html>
Recalled CAT Products:
<http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html>

FDA:

<http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html>
FDA News Releases
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#21978

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2007 12:28 pm
Subject: Fw: Important Links (Recalled Pet Foods)

lindegreene

Menu Foods (for recalled foods)
<http://www.menufoods.com/recall/>
1 866-895-2708
Recalled DOG Products:
<http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html>
Recalled CAT Products:
<http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html>

FDA's pet food guide
<http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html>

FDA News Releass: on the pet food recall and its regulation of pet foods:
<http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petfoods.htm#newsreleases>

Updated list of dog foods:
<http://www.nationalpetfoundation.com/dog-food-recall-list.html>

Updated list of cat foods:
<http://www.nationalpetfoundation.com/cat-food-recall-list.html>

Purina recall
<http://www.purina.com/>
-- Alpo� Brand Prime Cuts In Gravy Canned Dog Food Voluntary Nationwide Recall
-- Mighty Dog� 5.3 ounce pouch products
<http://www.purina.com/Company/Press/2007/MightyDog.aspx#purinafaqs>

Sunshine Mills: <http://www.sunshinemills.com/press_release.html>

Hill's press releases
<http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/HillsPressRelease.jsp>
Recalled Products:

Hill�s Prescription Diet� m/d� Feline Dry Food
Hill�s Science Diet� Feline Savory Cuts canned products

<http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/mdFAQ_040107_en_US.htm>
For more information: 1-800-445-5777 or visit <www.HillsPet.com>

Del Monte Foods
Mary Sestric, 412-222-8091
or Melissa Murphy-Brown, 412-222-8713
P.O. Box 80
Pittsburgh PA 15230-0080
Consumer Hotline at (800) 949-3799
Complete list of affected brands and products at:
<http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html>

REPORT Adverse effects or deaths of pets linked to eating the contaminated foods should be reported to the FDA:
<http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/complain.html>

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has a wealth of resources:
<http://www.avma.org/aa/menufoodsrecall/default.asp>

Judy.
Judy Reed
Former Legal Assistant
AnimalVoices
Speaking For Animals & Their Environment

#21979

From: "Lindy Greene" <lindygreene@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2007 12:32 pm
Subject: Fw: Five Reasons to Stop Eating Animals - "Bend Weekly" Opinion

lindegreene

[Bend Weekly - opinion]

Around the country, animal advocates are giddy. Three food empires:
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, Wolfgang Puck,
the world-famous chef/restaurateur/food-products creator, and Burger
King, the world's second-largest hamburger chain, have vowed to alter
their practices to reflect more humane standards of care for animals
used for food. The veil is being lifted. Agribusiness has a hideous
face.

Smithfield's decision to phase out the "gestation crate" is certainly
a step towards more responsible stewardship over animals used for
food. ...
...
We can do far more to turn the tide, America, against an industry that
treats food animals as units of production in factories that "grow"
over 10 billion animals a year for us to eat. We can reject factory
farming's barbaric practices by refusing to purchase
commercially-grown animal products. If we're really serious, we can
stop purchasing animal products altogether. Until we change what we
purchase, agribusiness will continue to torture animals, harm the
humans who eat them, and wreak environmental havoc. If you need some
incentive, here it is:

1. The animals we eat are tortured from birth to death. The small farm
that once raised cows, pigs, and chickens humanely has virtually
disappeared from the American landscape. ...
...
2. Raising animals for human food is killing the planet. Al Gore's
film An Inconvenient Truth brought conversations about global warming
into the mainstream. The climate is warming so quickly that, unless we
alter our lifestyles, weather patterns will be wildly unpredictable,
natural disasters will be a common occurrence, and many coastal areas
will soon be underwater. Mystifyingly, Gore (presumably a meat eater)
omitted any discussion of a primary culprit in the warming of the
Earth: meat production. Agribusiness taxes and pollutes our water
supply, contributes more of the greenhouse gases that are rapidly
warming our planet than all transportation combined, and is destroying
the planet's biodiversity. It is either the primary or a primary
contributor to air and water pollution, soil erosion, rainforest
destruction, land contamination, and the extinction of many species of
animals.
...
3. You'll be much healthier. ... Vegetarians are about forty percent
less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters, and about ninety
percent less likely to have a heart attack. Strokes, many degenerative
diseases, and diabetes are all markedly lower in vegetarians than in
meat eaters. Vegetarians not only have lower cholesterol and blood
pressure, but not surprisingly, we're slimmer on average than our
carnivorous pals.
...
It is consumers, after all, who drive the market. Agribusiness will
change-rapidly-when our buying habits change. You are more powerful
than you think. Purchase with consciousness and compassion, and the
whole world will thank you. Go to Burger King if you must...but buy a
salad. Chances are that you're far hungrier for kindness than you are
for that burger.

--
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http://www.bendweekly.com/Opinion/Editorials/4208.html

#21980

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#21984

From: "Karen Loveless" <kloveless@...>
Date: Sat Apr 7, 2007 5:44 am
Subject: PAM ANDERSON GIVES AD OFFER THE 'AXE' FOR NEEDLESSLY TESTING ON ANIMALS

closepuppymills

PAM ANDERSON GIVES AD OFFER THE 'AXE' FOR NEEDLESSLY TESTING ON ANIMALS

For Immediate Release:
April 6, 2007

Contact:
Dan Mathews 757-622-7382

Norfolk, Va. -- Warning to the manufacturers of personal care products: If your company tests on animals, please don’t bother asking Pamela Anderson to represent you. That’s exactly what Anderson explained in a letter that she fired off this morning to Unilever President Michael Polk, turning down the company’s offer of a lucrative ad campaign for its AXE line of men’s toiletries.

Before considering the company’s offer, Anderson asked her agent to find out about the company’s animal testing policy and was told that the company—unlike the manufacturers of many other leading brands—still poisons animals in product tests.

"The company’s animal tests stink," says Anderson. "Their failure to switch to modern skin and computer tests means that, for animals, the ‘AXE effect’ means feeling sick and dying."

Products whose ingredients are cruelly tested on animals are not acceptable to caring consumers, who know that these antiquated tests typically include restraining rabbits and applying chemicals to their abraded skin, which often results in painful ulcers, bleeding, and bloody scabs.

PETA and Anderson are calling on Unilever to follow the lead of the cosmetics industry leaders—including Revlon, Mary Kay, The Body Shop, Avon, and Clinique—that have stopped testing on animals or never did in the first place.

For more information or to order a free copy of PETA’s cruelty-free pocket shopping guide, please visit CaringConsumer.com or call 1-800-483-4366.

Pamela Anderson’s letter to Unilever President Michael Polk follows.

April 3, 2007

Michael B. Polk, President
Unilever
700 Sylvan Ave.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632-3201
1 page via fax: 201-871-8257

Dear Mr. Polk:

Thank you for asking me to represent Unilever’s AXE brand. However, as a PETA supporter and a friend to animals, I cannot represent a company that continues to engage in animal testing.

I realize that Unilever has taken significant steps to reduce the amount of animal tests that it conducts. Although I appreciate the fact that you are making progress on this front, please note that I will only consider working with your company after it has eliminated all animal testing—regardless of circumstances, such as new ingredient technology.

If you have any questions, please contact Dan Mathews at 757-622-7382.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Pamela Anderson

Karen Loveless (NC DDB Rep)

North Carolina Voters for Animal Welfare Secretary/Treasurer www.NCVAW.org

Pom Rescue Board member www.PomRescue.com

Don't buy from mass breeders! http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/

* picture of a typical puppy mill *

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#21988

From: "muriel-berggren131@..." <muriel-berggren131@...>
Date: Sat Apr 7, 2007 10:13 am
Subject: Sarah

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From: "muriel-berggren635@..." <muriel-berggren635@...>
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Subject: Patrick

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#21990

From: CorrectTreatment@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun Apr 8, 2007 12:25 pm
Subject: File - Info 1.2

CorrectTreatment@yahoogroups.com

CorrectTreatment-news is a group that sends out newsletters on the group changes
and other information on animals rights issues. Becoming a member of both groups
will help you greatly as an animal activist to keep updated on the newest
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To join go to http://group.yahoo.com/group/correcttreatment-news or send a blank
e-mail to CorrectTreatment-news-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Another group that is run by the same people is HLSsucks. Huntingdon Life
Sciences (or "HLS") is a company that abuses animals beyond terror. Undercover
videos and pictures are proof of this (go to http://www.huntingdonsucks.com/ for
more on this). This group is dedicated to finishing off this company once and
for all.

To join go to http://group.yahoo.com/group/hlssucks or send a blank e-mail to
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#21991

From: CorrectTreatment@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun Apr 8, 2007 12:25 pm
Subject: File - Animal Abuse Contacts on the Internet

CorrectTreatment@yahoogroups.com