I mean, they’re gonna be better off with processed food, sure, but I’d have a hard time setting the bar for cruelty below what they’d normally get.
EDIT: Oh, there are two cases, one with raw meat, the other raw milk:
The agency is also investigating a separate case, also in LA County, concerning a cat that has “tested presumptive positive for H5 bird flu after consuming two different brands of raw pet food composed of raw poultry and raw beef.”
Raw meat implies that it’s been harvested and not prepared. Fresh meat means it was still in an immune system controlled environment prior to ingestion.
Still not as good as prepared meat but less pathogens than raw as time matters a lot.
I would LOVE to see this prosecuted, not because I want people who are hurting from the loss of a pet to be hurt more, but because not enough people consider raw milk dangerous and they really should. Even if the punishment was super small (because these people obviously didn’t understand what they were doing) it would hopefully help prevent future incidents.
Feeding dangerous food to cats, and they die. That’s animal cruelty.
IIRC cats cant digest milk well anyway as they are lactose intolerant but just fuckin love it
They’d eat raw meat in the wild.
I mean, they’re gonna be better off with processed food, sure, but I’d have a hard time setting the bar for cruelty below what they’d normally get.
EDIT: Oh, there are two cases, one with raw meat, the other raw milk:
They don’t eat raw meat. They eat fresh meat.
Raw meat implies that it’s been harvested and not prepared. Fresh meat means it was still in an immune system controlled environment prior to ingestion.
Still not as good as prepared meat but less pathogens than raw as time matters a lot.
I would LOVE to see this prosecuted, not because I want people who are hurting from the loss of a pet to be hurt more, but because not enough people consider raw milk dangerous and they really should. Even if the punishment was super small (because these people obviously didn’t understand what they were doing) it would hopefully help prevent future incidents.
Feeding a human baby raw milk would land someone in jail. (Or, I hope…)