The reason for the politics is money. The pet food industry is a multi-billion dollar world-wide industry.

According to Leda 2006 ( Harvard Law School ) "Americans own more than 130 million cats and dogs and spend over $12 billion per year on commercial pet foods".
http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/784/Patrick06.html

That's just the US. $12 billion in one year!

MONEY makes politics in this case. Money for commercial pet food companies, money for pet accessory companies, money for vets and 'cosmetic' surgery costing thousands, money for organic food that's just the same as non-organic - check out that fact here - http://www.grist.org/article/checkout-line-kibbles-and-fits/

Buy anti-oxidants for your pets ?? Come on people, thousands of years of evolution and breeding and we need to give a dog an anti-oxidant! Rubbish, marketing rubbish!
http://www.petfoodindustry-digital.com/petfoodindustry/200903/?pg=4#pg10

And absolutely they put cheap ingredients in the mix, you can't make lots of money by using expensive ingredients...a link to a good site about making pet food
http://www.rawfedcats.org/toxic.htm

Our pets can live off table scraps and bones. My cats eat fresh uncooked chicken necks and whatever scraps I have left...gosh they look healthy...no commercial rubbish for my best friends :)

Anyone in the pet industry, from makers of food to vets and show judges, have a stake in the food industry and they don't want to let it go :( Sponsorship, prizes for shows, samples for vets, conferences and holidays away....marketing bribes to keep the industry going....when if you really thought about it, do you really think your pet needs anti-oxidants and organic rice meal????
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