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First of all, I am NOT a fan of Dr. Pottenger, who apparently had no qualms about using cats in experimentation and watching them die. However, his studies on cat nutrition are quite valuable.

Back in the 1930’s, there were no chemical procedures to measure the strength of adrenal extract. So, scientists used cats. Cats die without their adrenal glands. So, the amount of extract the cats needed to keep them alive allowed the manufacturers to calibrate the strength of their product. 

Dr. Pottenger noticed that the laboratory cats showed a decrease in their reproductive capacity and many of the kittens born in the laboratory had skeletal deformities and organ malfunctions, despite the fact that he was feeding them a relatively nutritious diet of raw milk, cod liver oil and cooked meat scraps, which included liver, tripe, sweetbreads, brains, heart and muscle.

He received so many donated cats that he was having a hard time keeping up with the food supply, so he ordered raw meat scraps from a local meat packing plant, including the viscera, muscle and bone.  Being a scientist, he separated the cats so that the ones being fed the all raw diet could be studied.

Within a few months, the cats fed the raw meat appeared healthier, their kittens more vigorous, and they had a higher survival rate after their operations.   The contrast between the two sets of cats was so startling,  Dr. Pottenger decided to perform a controlled experiment to  scientifically prove his new hypothesis that cats fed a raw diet are healthier than cats fed a processed cooked meat diet.

The experiment included 900 cats over four generations and was well documented by Dr. Pottenger.

All four generations of the raw meat and raw milk groups remained healthy throughout their normal lifespans!

This is important to note: cats eating their true diet of raw meats not only had no illness, they thrived generation after generation!  On the other hand:

The first generation of all three processed food groups developed diseases and illnesses near the end of their lives.

The second generation of all three processed food groups developed diseases and illnesses in the middle of their lives.

The third generation of all three processed food groups developed diseases and illnesses in the beginning of their lives and many died before six months of age.

There was no fourth generation in any of the three processed food groups.

You might want to read that again!  Either the third generation parents were sterile or the fourth generation cats died before birth.

Remember, all four generations of the raw food groups were healthy throughout their normal lifespans.

It’s something to think about.  Perhaps we would be healthier also if we ate our optimal diet of mostly raw, unprocessed, chemical-free foods too!

If you were in the medical profession and learning how to intubate babies, which would you prefer: learning on humanlike manikins (which I might point out would not be suffering at your hands), or using live cats, repeatedly pushing a hard plastic tube down their throats until they are bleeding, swelling and scarred to the point where they are no longer useful and need to be killed?

I myself would choose the manikin, mostly because I don’t like to cause suffering to other living beings.  The manikins maybe don’t squirm, but they are very lifelike and the exact dimensions of a real baby, unlike a cat which admittedly is configured a bit differently.

On a positive note, Heartland Regional Medical Center (HRMC) has finally stopped torturing using live cats in these medical training exercises.  Finally. On a less positive note, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) still uses cats purchased from an animal shelter for the intubation procedure as well as a second procedure in which cats are stabbed in the chest with needles. The cats at TTUHSC are always killed at the end of these training sessions because the procedures leave them so badly mutilated.

You can sign a petition right here to help stop this atrocity.

Intubation is a procedure that is used extensively in the medical field, especially for babies and small children.  It involves inserting a plastic tube into the windpipe. 

Both the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) exclusively endorse the use of humanlike manikins for training in their neonatal and pediatric life support courses, however some institutions continue to use cats and kittens in their training.

This cruel practice can cause bleeding, swelling, scarring, collapsed lungs, and even death. And these initially healthy cats are killed at the end of the training session or used in other painful experiments until they are finally put out of their misery.

You can sign petitions to end this suffering at the following  three medical schools:

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Texas Tech

Heartland Regional Medical Center

PLEASE HELP!  There is no need to use live cats and kittens when alternate and BETTER training methods are available and endorsed by medical associations. STOP THE CRUELTY

…just so we can have cosmetics with toxic chemicals in them.

By the millions, animals suffer and die…

…so that we can use cleaning products and pesticides that are toxic to us and our environment.

You can EASILY CHANGE THIS.  Use inexpensive natural cleaners such as vinegar and baking soda, use diatomaceous earth as a natural pesticide control, simple organic castile soap can be used for cleaning also.

There are many sources for organic cosmetics. There is no need to use poisons which only cause needless suffering, pollution and disease.

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There are THOUSANDS of cruelty-free products, here is just a small sampling:

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Malie Kauai Organic Hand Soap - 16 oz
Hair Spray, Medium Hold, 8 oz ( Eight Pack)
Aubrey Natural Misst Hair Spray (Super Hold) 8oz
Nature’s Gate Tea Tree Calming Shampoo for Irritated, Flaky Scalp, 18-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 3)

Food irradiation uses high-energy Gamma rays, electron beams, or X-rays (all of which are millions of times more powerful than standard medical X-rays) to break apart the bacteria and insects that can hide in meat, grains, and other foods. Radiation creates substances called “unique radiolytic products,  that can cause gene mutations, polyploidy (an abnormal condition in which cells contain more than two sets of chromosomes), chromosome aberrations (often associated with cancerous cells), and dominant lethal mutations (a change in a cell that prevents it from reproducing) in human cells.  Many mutagens are also carcinogens.

Research also shows that irradiation forms volatile toxic chemicals such as benzene and toluene, chemicals known or suspected to cause cancer and birth defects. Irradiation also causes stunted growth in lab animals fed irradiated foods.  An important 2001 study linked colon tumor promotion in lab rats to 2-alkylcyclobutanones (2-ACB’s), a new chemical compound found only in irradiated foods.

Irradiation  is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for many human as well as animal foods.

In a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) report on cats developing severe neurological symptoms due to a degradation of myelin, the fatty insulator of nerve fibers called axons. Because myelin helps the conduction of nerve signals, when it is lost or damaged there can be impairment of sensation, movement, thinking and other functions, depending on what particular nerves are affected.

When the cats were taken off the irradiated diet, their nervous systems began healing.

I think it’s pathetic that animals have to suffer like this so that inferior quality, processed  pet food can be tested.  Just feed your cats an organic, raw, whole-food diet and you will prevent needless suffering to lab animals and your pets alike. Is it worth it?

You can read more here:

Center For Food Safety

Fire Dog Lake

Natural News