ABC NEWS REPORTS:
She says she took the dog to a vet several times between July 5 and 8 and was told Hodge’s liver tests were “off the charts” and contaminated pet food was the likely cause.
From the article:
At least 23 pet dogs have died, and 67 have been hospitalised in Victoria from indospicine poisoning.
Speaking to ABC Rural, Ms. Curtin says she bought a kangaroo pet meat product for her dog in early July and was horrified to learn it may have been contaminated with toxic horse meat.
Ms. Curtain made the tough decision to put her pet down when treatment did not appear to be working and her veterinarian suspected the dog had suffered neurological damage.
The article continues:
When asked if the toxic horse meat would have been harmful to humans, Dr Saville said “not necessarily”.
“Humans are far more tolerant to low-levels of indospicine than dogs and the amount of meat in a human diet is much lower than a dog diet … given dogs are repeatedly fed the same diet almost every day.”
Meet Our Horse Meat writes: “Not necessarily?”. Keep in mind that Australia also produces horse meat for human consumption. This “attitude” when it comes to horsemeat is rampant. Learn more about why horsemeat is NOT safe for humans or pets on the links below.
#MOHM THREATENED?
We’ve been threatened by those in the horse racing industry and those who benefit from horse slaughter more times than we can count.
But we are not going away.
We are going to persist until horse slaughter no longer exists for any purpose within Australia -- and until the horse racing industry makes drastic changes.
We are going to continue our hands-on work to offer lifelong sanctuary to as many horses as possible. We generally have 20 at just one of our locations - at any given time.
We have the acreage to take on more horses as financial support allows.
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