Oh, the injustice! Oh, the inhumanity!

I’m overcome with shock, confusion, and grief. Animal food tested on animals? How can this be?? Why?? This insanity has to end.

This terrible revelation happened tonight. As I was feeding my cat, a thought crossed my mind. “Is pet food animal tested? Surely not.” Oh, but how wrong I was.

I’ve recently taken in a big, black cat named Willie, who was suffering from untreated diabetes. He had become very ill and almost died 5 months ago. But I was able to nurse him back health with insulin shots and a change in diet. Now he is off of insulin and in remission! That’s the great news.

The bad news is that his new prescription diet, which has greatly contributed to his recovery, is animal tested. WTF?? It’s a special brand of weight management food that I buy from my veterinarian. There are a couple of different brands I’ve used (Hills and Purina), but both of these and many of the other major pet food brands are animal tested. Whose brilliant idea was this? Jerks.

So now what? I already feed my other cats (Marley and Lilu) a special brand of pet food called Merrick, which I hope is not animal tested. I don’t see it listed on the safe list, so I’ll have to do some investigating. But I know that if they turn out to be an unreliable brand, I have other options, like Weruva.

But poor Willie is on a prescription diet, so I can’t just pick up his food at any pet store. I’m praying that there are cruelty-free options for his food, too. If not, what are we going to do? I need to contact my vet first thing!

More to come…

For more info on which pet food companies do and don’t animal test, see this blog: http://www.crueltyfreekitty.com/pets/cruelty-free-pet-food/