yeah Im not surprised. Im sure a lot of people feel that way. But what is selfish about it? They get all the nutirents and everything they need to be healthy, and they arent getting all the crap that is in most pet food. Why should I sacrifice the lives of millions of other animals so my cats can eat meat when they dont even need to? If there was no alternative pet food, then Id feed them meat, but there is a safe & healthy alternative, so why should I continue to support the meat industry?

The reason I posted the link to vegancats.com was because in their faq it addresses all those issues.:

"Q: I am vegan, but I feel it is wrong to force my own morality onto my cats and dogs.

A: Is it really more wrong to ask your cat or dog to eat a healthy vegetarian diet than it is to subject countless cows, chickens and pigs to the brutal torture of the factory farm?
When you purchase slaughterhouse products, you are increasing the profitability of animal slaughter by contributing directly to the consumer demand for its products. In so doing, you are undermining the goals of the pro-animal movement and contributing to animal cruelty in a way that is equally as direct and meaningful as if you were buying hamburgers."


"Q: Isn't meat their natural diet?

A: Dogs and cats live in the uniquely unnatural environment of our homes. While “in nature” they would hunt, food now magically appears twice daily in their bowls. They are given medicine to cure illnesses, and are surgically sterilized to control their reproduction. Why insist that their diet alone remain “natural”- especially when it must come at the expense of other animals’ lives?

What’s Really in Meat-Based Pet Food:

Carcasses of euthanized cats & dogs (some with flea collars and containing sodium pentobarbital used for euthasia).
Unwanted insecticides and pharmaceuticals from diseased livestock (complete with plastic ID tags).
Rotting supermarket rejects including plastic and styrofoam packaging.
Animal parts deemed “unfit for human consumption” (heads, legs, tongues, intestines, esophagi, beaks, feathers, bones, blood, lungs, ligaments, etc.)
Diseased and cancerous body parts from the 4 D’s: dead, dying, diseased, & disabled factory-farmed animals"

Im not going to be stupid about it; I will moniter them and if they get sick, or show any signs of abnormal behaviour, etc, I will switch foods. But the majority of pets on vegan diets are just as healthy, and many people have reported their pets being healthier than before.