If you see the word "chicken meal," "meat meal" or "meat and bones meal," this is the dry byproduct of a lot more gross stuff than dead (SICK) dogs and cats. Throw in their flea collars, the plastic bags their dead bodies were in, the dead cows that didn’t make it to the slaughterhouse, roadkill, etc. It is unbelievable what these manufacturers are allowed to put into our pet food! There was an outcry, but the practice goes on.

Animals are fatty, so in the process of creating the meal, they skim off the grease, and you’ll find this byproduct in the pet food as well — "chicken fat (preserved with … )." Gah…I feel like retching.

You’ll find links to the information at http://www.raising-rabbits.com/raw-cat-food.html, and http://www.raising-rabbits.com/raw-dog-food.html.

The best thing we can all do is refuse to buy dry kibbled pet food (I think canned pet food is somewhat better than dried, however the word ‘meal’ is the dead giveaway in any case).

What our dogs and cats really need is raw meat and bones. They’ll be so much more healthy when they eat real food that is appropriate for their species. Their skin rashes and allergies all clear up, their health begins to glow, and even the fleas head for the hills. At least, I haven’t treated my cats for a year…and I haven’t seen a flea in all that time. Amazing. The research is at that rabbit website, because you can feed raw rabbit to dogs and cats, too.
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http://www.raising-rabbits.com/homemade-pet-food.html

This isn’t to say that it didn’t happen in the past.
http://www.mad-cow.org/~tom/cats_bse_rend.html
This is prior to 1996.

CANADA has used them, in the past, but has since stopped the practice.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2001/06/04/petfood_010604.html

In America, most dead pets are cremated, vets and shelters use cremation services and do not send bodies to rendering plants.
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nonetheless your pet food MIGHT contain cats, dogs, horses, and road kill.. there is ONE way to be sure.. because you will never see "CAT MEAT" listed on an ingredient list-
this link explains how they can still sneak it in and how to spot if your food is one
http://therealowner.com/shopping/mystery-meat-what-is-in-pet-food/
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In the US, I think it is against the law to eat a dog or cat.
So, you don’t have to worry about your dog eating other dogs. Only Cows.

Unless you live in some other country, then I don’t know.
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