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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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pets stories: 106 news summaries

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Melamine Death Toll Passes 8,000 Pets

FDA says health
risk for humans
unlikely

May 4, 07 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 8,000 deaths of cats and dogs that may be linked to melamine-tainted food have been reported to the FDA in the two months since the pet food recall. The statistics come as the FDA tries to assure Americans that the tainted protein concentrates, also fed to hogs... More »

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China • food • pets • FDA • health • pet food recall • melamine • food contamination • David Acheson • safety • protein

China Detains Pet Food Contaminator

Beijing cracks down on source of melamine-tainted gluten

May 4, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese authorities have jailed the head of a company accused of selling pet food makers  the melamine-contaminated gluten that's killed thousands of cats and dogs. The detention of Mao Lijun suggests Beijing is eager to cooperate with the FDA investigators currently on its turf, after initially disavowing any gluten sales... More »

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China • pets • FDA • health • melamine • food contamination • protein

Chinese Add Melamine to Animal Feed

Filler that tainted pet food is commonly used as fake protein

Apr 30, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The compound that tainted pet food and is being blamed for hundreds of pet illnesses and deaths is a commonly used additive in animal feed in China, reports the New York Times. The coal derivative melamine, used in plastics and fertilizers, is nitrogen-rich, which triggers tests for protein content. More »

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China • food • pets • pet food recall • melamine • animal cruelty • protein

FDA: Pet Food Poison Added Intentionally

Chinese may have
used melamine to
boost nutrition rating

Apr 20, 07 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The chemical which contaminated over 100 brands of pet food—with disastrous results for dog and cat lovers—may have been intentionally added by Chinese manufacturers in an effort to fudge nutrition ratings on their rice protein and wheat gluten. "That's still a theory, but it certainly seems to... More »

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China • pets • FDA • health • pet food recall • animal

Chic Pups Are Channeling
Nic and Leo

Oscar knock-offs now come in teacup sizes

Mar 26, 07 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Knock-offs of Academy Awards gowns—always a brisk business—now come in even-smaller sizes:  An L.A. company has released a new line of Oscar duds for dogs, from Nicole Kidman's red Balenciaga  to Leonardo DiCaprio's Armani tux. Little Lily's, which has been dressing posh pooches since 2002, has... More »

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pets • fashion • Nicole Kidman • Leonardo DiCaprio • Balenciaga • Armani • Academy Awards • film • awards • celebrity • actor • dog • movies • Oscars

Is Your Cat Making You Neurotic?

Mar 15, 07 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A parasite that reproduces in cats, previously linked to schizophrenia in infected humans, has now, bizarrely, been implicated in mass personality changes in geographic areas where incidence of infection is high. A U.S. Geological Survey study of 39 countries shows that high infection rates of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite... More »

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pets • parasites • health • schizophrenia • infection • neuroticism • cat

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