Posted by Ginjoint on January 22, 2003, at 7:13:39
In reply to Mice as cat food » coral, posted by IsoM on January 21, 2003, at 18:41:33
A few years ago, a news program here in the States (I think it was Dateline or 60 Minutes) did an expose on pet food. They asked the same question about cat food - why not make it out of mice, which have just the right amount of amino acids, etc. for cats? Finally, one of the executives at a pet food company gave an honest answer: It was because their marketing people pushed the idea that opening a can of ground-up mice would be distasteful to the human owners of these pets (!), whereas we're "used to" the idea of chickens, pigs, and cows as food in our society. Unbelievable. I looked at my cats, who eat prescription food that's $33 (US) for 24 cans, and felt guilty anyway.
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