Warning lethal garden mulch - cocoa shell based

[catmandu]

I just hope that it is not marketed in Canada as there are many Porch Cats and a few Stray Dogs who might well get into that mulch and become ill.
Can no one make safe products anymore

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Snopes says this is "partially true". The stuff is poisonous...but most pets wouldn't eat it anyway
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

[snakemama]

atailoft2kitties beat me toit, but here's a C&P of my post from the dog section...

According to Snopes, while the mulch does contain theobromine, there is only one confirmed case of a dog having died after consuming it. So I wouldn't buy it for a dog's yard, but the panic and all the caps seem a little excessive. Have their import license suspended over something one dog died after consuming? Guess we'd better be talking to a lot of companies...

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

[Sonia59]

Well, theobromine is the toxic (for cats and dogs) compound contained in chocolate. I don't think the license can be suspended. They just sell a natural product. Like chocolate is sold everywhere and can also kill cats and dogs. Like a drug or chemical that your dog would eat could kill it.

The problem rather comes from the fact that there is no WARNING on the package and that many people completely ignore that there is a risk with this product.