Posting this because it is what hammered the realization that chyna, politicians, global conglomerates, and ALL of mass media are all ONE AND THE SAME, and there's a MUCH better chance of people being open to this information now.
(Own guilt will probably never subside, so will never let it go.)
Love of dogs and learning the hardest way possible is what caused alienation of everyone, as Truth In Advertising Laws had already gone the way of the Dinosaur. TOO mnay people still trust what is advertized.
Perhaps this info has a better chance today of reaching more people? In hindsight, those 2006-08 pet food poisonings were a trial run, as people STILL went back to those "name" brands.
While dogs have the teeth, jaws, physiology of carnivores, people still won't believe it due to the above.
Very thorough Harvard Law Paper written back in 2006:
Citation Deconstructing the Regulatory Facade: Why Confused Consumers Feed their Pets Ring Dings and Krispy Kremes (2006 Third Year Paper)
Abstract Americans own more than 130 million cats and dogs and spend over $12 billion per year on commercial pet foods. The commercial pet food industry faces minimal substantive regulation, despite navigating several layers of regulation from various groups including the FDA, the American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), and state regulators.
The FDA entrusts AAFCO to issue regulations governing ingredients, feeding trials, labels and nutritional claims. But AAFCO's rules fall short of ensuring that America's pets receive adequate nutrition, or even foods that cause chronic digestive, skin, eye, and coat problems. The influence by the pet food industry over AAFCO manifests itself through AAFCO's irrational regulations, including ingredient definitions which effectively prohibit organic chickens and vegetables,
while blindly permitting thousands of euthanized cats and dogs to make their way into pet foods through the unsupervised rendering industry.
LITERAL STE-BY-STEP UNDERCOVER FOOTAGEGRAPHIC https://youtu.be/g9DTzDfYMxo
Trusting, but uneducated, consumers purchase these commercial pet foods under the assumption that the FDA or some other regulatory body has ensured that the foods contain balanced meals, and complete nutrition. These consumers naively believe veterinarians that endorse and sell pet foods from their offices while neglecting to mention that these pet doctors are often on the take and can earn up to 20% of their total income from such sales. This paper will examine the ways in which inadequate regulation results in confused consumers and sick, malnourished pets. Ultimately this paper seeks to reveal that multiple parties, including consumers themselves, share the blame for the current muddled state of regulation.
https://archive.is/15iaU
https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/10018997