There are so many reasons why we should not be eating chickens or feeding them to our pets and I am going to mention just a few here that you may not know.
Ruff in 2015 with his very best friend Coco who he protected as best he could from any visiting foxes or dogs
82% of all the birds on the planet are chickens
“Last week I was with David Attenborough, we were doing a thing for climate change in Scotland. And he mentioned to me a statistic which is truly horrifying, I think. 82% of all the birds on the planet, all of them, sparrows and everything, every bird you can think of, 82% of them are chickens!!”
Brian Cox (the actor)
Chickens are fed fishmeal
Part of a chicken’s diet to ensure that they grow as quickly as possible, is fishmeal. As explained in a previous post about why we should not be eating fish due to a bioaccumulation of heavy metals and arsenic; by feeding chickens fish, this bioaccumulation of arsenic and heavy metals is intensified…and even worse is that the excretory organs such as livers and kidneys of the chickens are used in petfood and have the highest concentration of these heavy metals!
Our next pandemic could come from the way we treat chickens
As Avian Bird Flu continues to devastate parts of the UK bird population, our farmed chickens are being forced to stay indoors to prevent its spread. This is a welfare issue as well as a huge concern that intensively raised birds can breed a disease that can spread to man and possibly be another pandemic if numbers of cases continue to rise. The devastation in our wild birds when affected by Avian Flu is of huge concern and also spread through intense farming of chickens. Read about “New avian flu fears as hundreds of dead birds wash up on Scottish coast” July 23
Read here how “Two more people test positive for avian flu after contact with infected birds” July 23
Chicken meat is very high in sodium
Surprisingly, a slice of chicken breast is packed with sodium before it’s even cooked. This is because some manufacturers inject their chicken breast with saline so that it stays juicy. This is mainly of a concern in China and the US, but since Brexit, a lot of chicken is imported now from the US.
Chickens are enormously sentient
This would be the main reason why we should choose to not eat chickens or feed them to our pets. Any of us who have had chickens as pets at any time in our lives will know how enormously attached we become to these highly curious, entertaining and loving little birds….as a family this certainly happened to us when we adopted Coco the chicken who was to change our lives forever!!
“As a vet, I believe in a kinder, healthier way to feed our pets that does no damage to our environment, harms no animals and uses fresh, healthy plant-based ingredients for a balanced and delicious diet”
Arielle Vegan Vet
“If nobody changes then nothing changes but if somebody changes then everything changes!”
Arielle Vegan Vet
Wonderful David Attenborough
When our future seems so precarious, we finally have hope for our fragile natural world with the very wise and passionate words of Sir David Attenborough
*The Top 10 Zoonoses In Your Home*
There are cases of dry food or treats (especially the raw hide treats and chews) causing transmission of diseases to people
Fireworks tips for our plant-based dogs
None of us want our dogs to be stressed – there is nothing worse than seeing them anxious and unhappy
Evidence Based Medicine
The meat-based fed control group showed 11 deficiencies while the long-term vegan fed category presented only two deficiencies
Race Against Time
As a vet and a mother and a dog lover, I am passionate about feeding dogs a plant-based diet to support our future
Confessions of a vegan vet
David Attenborough makes a stark warning on extinction and I felt it would be too upsetting to watch!
How life has changed for vets since the pandemic
Here is a day in my life to share what it is like to be a vet coping with the changes of how the pandemic has shaped a new way of being a small animal vet
Our Gamechangers Connection
We are so proud to say that our little unit that we hire to hold all the wonderful VEGDOG food and supplement that we import, is owned by none other than the wonderful and very dignified Gary Wilks
What about homecooking for my giant dog?
We have a simple solution when home-cooking for giant breed dogs
Help my dog has itchy ears!
Itchy, painful ears can affect your dog’s quality of life quite significantly
Dogs CAN digest starches
Calculations have revealed that dogs can digest about 99 % of plant-based starch if provided to them in a suitable form
We just need to stop eating animals
As a small business, we will do all we can to continue to promote the nourishment of our pets with wholesome, clean and nutritious plant-based foods that hold no dangers of causing a second pandemic.
