Taurine and Vegan Cats

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So pleased to see someone else mentioning this. I am

so tired, weary, exhausted, fed up, etc. ;=0 of trying

to say this to people who should know better. And the

argument that usually comes back is: but yes, they

need taurine, and that's found in meat, so feed your

cat a meat-based kibble or they'll be ill or die. No

one is listening.

 

I am not, alas, feeding my cat a vegan diet - cuz he's

a difficult feeder with tummy problems. But I'm

wavering. (My dogs eat a vegan diet.)

 

Best luck! And thanks.

 

Pat ;=)

 

>In my reasearch, I discovered that the meat-based pet

food >companies

>have to add synthetic taurine to their kibble because

the naturally-occuring taurine in the meat of the

slaughtered >animals is destroyed in the rendering

process. So my cats were already eating lab-created

taurine along with a lot of other horrible unnatural

stuff such as

 

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" The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its

animals are treated. " - Gandhi

http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/

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