Comments on AVMA Rolls Over, Wet$ Themselves About Raw Food

I'm just looking back through your archives and had to review this amendment.
I absolutely love the following statement from the AVMA Raw Feeding Resolution (and we accuse them of not being open-minded! lol)
"* The recommendation not to feed unpasteurized milk to animals does not preclude the feeding of unpasteurized same-species milk to unweaned juvenile animals."

What a great article!!! I lost my airedale terrier to a tennis-ball sized tumor on her front knee thanks to Science Diet. I found a reputable organic brand, (bagged and canned) and never looked back, except in extreme remorse and loss. I can't walk down the aisle of SD now at petsmart or petco. Would like to make MY transition to preparing for my pets/companions raw now as I am committed to raw for them...

Astounding. I'm late to the conversation and I'm laughing that vets apparently are facing the same constricting energy that physicians are: holism doesn't created increased dependency and higher profits!
Glad to have your voice in the expanding conversation on behalf of our beloved animal companions.

I agree with all you wrote (the whole profit-motive behind many vet recommendations). My vet dissuaded me from moving in the direction of raw food, but later I found a brand I trusted (Rad Cat) and have been giving it to my 2 cats for a year and a half now). Gee, maybe the vets should stock the frozen raw food, and then maybe they'd be recommending it more. It feels really good to be able to give my animals the raw diet.

I've been reading about this for a while now. Most of the vets who voted for this aren't vets who would ever have been behind feeding raw anyway. And those who have been feeding raw will no doubt continue to do so under the guidance of more holistic-minded practitioners. It just creates more of a Great Divide.