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“Possible Local Victim of Pet Food Recall,” bellows the subhead on the Action News story about the pet food recall, and hot damn, there is a possible victim.
That ugly dog over in the photo to your right is an unfortunate victim of the pet food recall, and right now it’s at the University of Pennsylvania Vet Hospital, possibly an upcoming recipient of Barbaro-style cards, letters and prayers. The dog isn’t really a victim of the recall, though; he’s a victim of, uh, whatever it is that’s contaminated the food, since the company that made the food doesn’t know yet.
But there’s another pet food recall local angle. The company that made the recalled food is Menu Foods; it supplies over 90 brands of cat and dog foods that have been recalled. (Yes, the leading brands of pet food are all produced at the same factory. Of course they are.) And one of the plants that produced the tainted food is in Pennsauken, N.J.
And, of course, there are even more local angles. Some people might’ve purchased the recalled food.
Silviene Grzybowski became worried when her local pet store pulled the food she normally feeds her cat and posted an announcement saying it, and many other popular pet foods, had been recalled. Her cat, Smokey, hadn’t been eating for days.
“The vet told us to buy her her favorite food, but I’m going to call the vet right now,” Grzybowski said.
The vet just hated your cat, ma’am.
Of course, this big national story will soon fade from the spotlight, as have you heard about the teacher who had an affair with a student and her husband shot and killed the kid? Oh, man, that’s the best morbid curiosity ever.
Pet Deaths Prompt Pet Food Recall [6 ABC]
Recall of pet food hits close to home [Camden Courier-Post]
Teacher-Student Love Turns Deadly [ABCNews.com]
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