Comments on: Pet Food Recall After Pets Die

By: Lola

Lola — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:51:57 +0000

I too am sorry for your loss, however I do not believe that Wal-Mart would intentionally import tainted dog treats. Wal-Mart is a company that works everyday to bring value into the homes of middle class america. It is my understanding that the Bestro Chicken jerky was being purchased by a lot of consumers at Wal-Mart because it was cheaper than buying similar products elsewhere. This was not a new product on Wal-Mart shelves, how were they supposed to know that it all the sudden contained toxic chemicals.

As far as Wal-Mart tendering the claim to the supplier of the product, this is a common practice in product liability claims. It would be impossible for Wal-Mart to pay every single product claim that they receive, get real, they sell millions of products. I think that if you bring a claim against a company you need to understand how things are handled in the real world.

It is always a painful experience to loose the one that you love, but try and keep things in perspective as a rational human being.

By: Joy

Joy — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:13:27 +0000

Gene Reed,

I am so sorry for your loss. It is hard enough to lose a furbaby but when its a situation like this, the pain must be even worse. My deepest sympathies to you and your family.

Thank you for sharing your experience with others. I hope that the information helps others understand why we must stand together against this kind of callous injustice.

By: Gene Reed

Gene Reed — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:02:50 +0000

My name is Donna, and Gene and I just lost our 9 year old female Akita Meiko. She was murdered. Murdered by Wal-Mart who continued to sell the Bestro Chicken Jerky even though they knew it was tainted with Melamine. She became ill June 15, 2007. She began vomiting everything we fed her. The vet came to the house to draw blood and take urine to see if he could determine what was causing her illness. She was in renal failure. Her creatine had gone from 3 to 14. We started an IV on her. We had IV poles and pumps on every floor in our home. We ran 54 liters of ringers through her in 72 hours. They retested her blood and her creatine had gone back down to 3, but her kidneys were permanently damaged and she would be on an expensive K-D diet the rest of her life. But we were still at a loss as to how Meiko came down with acute Kidney Failure. Within a couple of days of bringing her back to some level of normality a chief executive from Tyson Foods who spends a great deal of time at our home called to see if we were still feeding our pets chicken jerky from Wal-Mart. We said yes it is their favorite treat. He said to stop immediately that it was tainted with melamine and that was what was killing her. We thought we had her on the mend when she began vomiting again in September. The vet once again came and drew blood and took a urine sample. Her creatine was 15 this time. The damage that was done from continuing to feed her the chicken jerky was too great, we were not able to save her life, but we are still desperately trying to save the lives of our other 2 pets Yoshi and Chopper because they all ate the same damn jerky and the other two are both peeing whole blood. Had they pulled the jerky from the shelves and made a public recall, Meiko would still be alive today.

Our beautiful baby daughter is buried in our garden. Beware of what Wal-Mart sells and what they import and the country it is imported from. They do not care about you or your pets, they only care about the almighty dollar and their bottom line. When we contacted Wal-Mart about Meiko, they sent us a letter stating that “Claims Management, Inc. manages claims on behalf of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and that they were very sorry to hear of the incident which involved chicken jerky. At this time we would like to share some information with you regarding the claims handling process. Upon reviewing your claim, CMI tendered the claim to the product supplier; Shanghai Bestro Trading. If you do not hear from the supplier in the next 10 days, please feel from to contact them directly 011-86-21-5848-6661. This is an overseas phone number.

This is your great Wal-Mart at its best, they don’t want to take responsibility for what they imported and sold at their stores. It may cost us more, but we no longer shop at Wal-Mart or any of its subsidiaries.

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swiffer — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:58:32 +0000

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By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:16:07 +0000

I feed my dog Science Diet R/D. She had blood work done in February for her yearly checkup. Her BUN level was extremely high. I was told that she would probably be gone within the next 6 months.
If I find out Science Diet R/D is one of the recalls, I will sue their pants off!!!!!
We all have to stick together!

By: taylor

taylor — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:54:26 +0000

i can,t belive that the dog food got posined with rat poison thats just awful i feel bad for the peoples whos pets got posined i dont feed my dog the mushi dog food because it,s not good for big dogs.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:21:19 +0000

In response to the person whose dog began developing severe allergies in October, 2006, my dog also began having severe allergic symptoms and then became sick in November 2005, after I first started feeding him Nutro. He got better, but in late September 2006 his allergies started to come back. After a sudden decline that began the first week of October, my dog died on October 14th, 2006. The last week, he had gastroenteritis, had stopped walking and eating, had diarrhea and vomitting, and a large sore appeared on his side. He was totally lethargic towards the end. The 2 vets I brought him to could not identify the cause, but the vet who saw him the day before he died said his body seemed to be trying to get rid of some kind of toxin. Bloodwork done a week before he died showed elevated liver enzymes, after being normal just a few months before. A necropsy could not identify the cause of death, but I might submit his saved tissues for further analysis, if further tests will help me understand what happened to him. I was devastated by losing him so suddenly, and for the last 5 months have not been able to get the mysterious circumstances or the shock of his sudden death out of my mind. I felt so helpless, and no one could answer my questions.
Now that this pet food recall has happened, I checked the recall list, and realized that Nutro Natural Choice Senior Chicken and Rice Chunks with Gravy is on it and I had a case of the recalled cans, which I had been feeding my surviving dog. I regularly fed this to both dogs. So now I am really wondering, like the person whose dog had allergies back in October, ,just how long the food has been toxic. I have read that in addition to kidney failure, liver problems have also been reported. My departed dog was sensitive to toxins, so might have been more susceptible. In 2002, he had a severe allergic reaction to a pyrethrin based flea and tick shampoo at Petsmart, and I kept him away from any kind of chemical product after that. It never occurred to me that his food might have poison in it.
My heart goes out to all of you who are still heartbroken and searching for answers.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:30:31 +0000

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By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:54:40 +0000

Late last year I purchased a large box of individual foil packages of Pedigree (meat and gravy) dog food for my dogs. As I opened the first package I smelled a strong formaldahyde odor. I opened the other packs thinking maybe just one pack was affected. All the packs had the same strong odor. I contacted Pedigree immediately and NEVER heard back from them again. I researched dog food and found the ingredients to be disgusting. I buy Royal Canin Natural Sensible Choice dry food. In addition I also buy frozen ground turkey at the grocery store for 99 cents per package(cheaper and better than dog food)…boil it in water and use 2-3 tablespoons with the dry food. The dogs love it and they don’t have any more upset stomachs, etc. No more junk food for my dogs!