CCShepherds

Colorado Bred
German Shepherds, Puppies and Supplies

A SHEPHERD’S WORTH

ISSUE 1
 May 2001

Welcome to CCS's first newsletter! The goal for this letter is to share our experiences with our shepherds and offer discounts on doggie products I will be offering. Since I get many questions each week I will attempt to answer a few right here! If this publication grows I will offer it in an HTML format so you can view it as a web page or I will publish it on Crystal Creek's web site. Please send your feedback! I am listening…

This is an excerpt from an article I recently read:

"What most consumers don't know is that the pet food industry is an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Pet food provides a market for slaughterhouse throw aways, grains considered "unfit for human consumption," and similar waste products to be turned into profit. This waste includes intestines, udders, esophagi, and possibly diseased and cancerous animal parts.  Three of the five major pet food companies in the United States are subsidiaries of major multinational companies: Nestlé (Alpo, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog), Heinz (9 Lives, Amore, Gravy Train, Kibbles n Bits, Recipe, Vets), Colgate-Palmolive (Hill'sScience Diet Pet Food). Other leading companies are Procter & Gamble (Eukanuba and Iams), Mars (Kal Kan, Mealtime, Pedigree, Sheba), and Nutro. From a business standpoint, multinational companies owning pet food manufacturing companies is an ideal relationship. The multinationals have a captive market in which to capitalize on their waste products, and the pet food manufacturers have a reliable source from which to purchase their bulk materials."
 

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Be Well!