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[Guest guest]

This is a prime example of scare tactics and myth.

 

If no facts are known, what is there to say?

 

Find the facts, report them, and move on.

 

That vets recommend vegetarian cat food demonstrates it's a perfectly

healthy alternative. That companies making veggie cat food aren't sued

for pet deaths right and left shows their products are safe and

nutritious.

 

What would this magical substance, or chemical, be that can be found

only in meat and not synthesized or found elsewhere and added to veggie

cat food?

 

It reminds me of the folks who assure you you'll die if you don't eat

meat. That you'll feel weak and be scawny and undernourished. That

you'll go blind if you masturbate -- oh, wait, how did that get in there?

 

 

On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 03:06 PM,

wrote:

 

> I heard somewhere, can't remember where, that cats really need meat.

> There is a

> nutrient they can't do without and can't get anywhere else. I don't

> like the

> meat thing either but be sure and do all the research before you put

> your

> precious pet in danger. Dogs might be different but I don't know.

>

> Kris

>

" The co-called curse of King Tut's tomb is dangerous because it goes to

swell the rising tide of superstition which at present seems to be

overflowing the world. "

Sir H. Rider Haggard, writer, 1924

[Guest guest]

Actually, the magical chemical is called an amino acid, one of the required

building blocks of protiens. I am quite sure that it is found in limited supply

in plant material, but from what I understand, cats can not make this amino acid

on their own and so require it in their diet. If they do not have it, they WILL

die. This is not hype, this is science. Ask your vet. And, if you would like

more information, look here:

 

http://www.felinefuture.com/fact/nutrition/taurine.html

 

I found it on a google search.

 

Genie

 

The Stewarts wrote:This is a prime example of scare tactics and myth.

 

If no facts are known, what is there to say?

 

Find the facts, report them, and move on.

 

That vets recommend vegetarian cat food demonstrates it's a perfectly

healthy alternative. That companies making veggie cat food aren't sued

for pet deaths right and left shows their products are safe and

nutritious.

 

What would this magical substance, or chemical, be that can be found

only in meat and not synthesized or found elsewhere and added to veggie

cat food?

 

It reminds me of the folks who assure you you'll die if you don't eat

meat. That you'll feel weak and be scawny and undernourished. That

you'll go blind if you masturbate -- oh, wait, how did that get in there?

 

 

On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 03:06 PM,

wrote:

 

> I heard somewhere, can't remember where, that cats really need meat.

> There is a

> nutrient they can't do without and can't get anywhere else. I don't

> like the

> meat thing either but be sure and do all the research before you put

> your

> precious pet in danger. Dogs might be different but I don't know.

>

> Kris

>

" The co-called curse of King Tut's tomb is dangerous because it goes to

swell the rising tide of superstition which at present seems to be

overflowing the world. "

Sir H. Rider Haggard, writer, 1924