Raw Meaty Bones

By, Tom Lonsdale

Prod # 969
Paperback - Pages: 369

$29.95+s&h

 

Table of Contents on Raw Meaty Bones

Preface
1. Disturbing the peace

Part I Pet Health
2. Mouth rot and dog breath
3. Ugly facts
4. Raw vs cooked food
5. What's in the can?
6. Unpleasant diseases; painful death
7. Foul-mouth AIDS
8. The right diet
9. The bite on veterinary dentistry

Part II Of, By and For the Industry
10. Misdirected science
11. Collaboration at every level
12. There's a cuckoo in the nest: a deceptive bird
13. Righting the wrongs: charting a new course

Part III Life and Death in the Wild
14. A cybernetic hypothesis of periodontal disease

Appendices
A. Remarks made by Dr. Douglas Bryden at the AVA
    annual general meeting, 1993
B. Eating habits of captive small carnivores
C. Diet guide for domestic dogs and cats
D. Radio program transcript
E. Whistleblower information and contacts

Glossary

Notes

Acknowledgements

Copyright Acknowledgements

Index

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Dear Readers,

Here it is, Raw Meaty Bones, ready for consumption.

In October 1996 I started writing down what I know, and know to be important, and hoped that one day it would appear as a book. The guidelines I set, written across the top of each page, were: 'Engage, inform, entertain, happy.' And the working title became Happy Zone. I knew that the subject matter was often dark and disturbing, but I hoped that working in the 'Zone' I could convery information which would empower readers and lead to greater happiness - for people and pets.

If you are a pet owner may I suggest that you first of all turn to Appendix C on page 327. Here you will find a diet based on raw carcasses and raw meaty bones - a diet tested in nauture's great evolutionary experiment and found to be best suited to the needs of carnivores. (It's important to get the pets onto the right diet whilst you progress through the rest of the book.)

There are many other points of entry to the book; the chapters are more-or-less self contained. But wherever you start I hope that you finish happy and empowered to make a difference.

Best Wishes,

Tom Lonsdale

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Tom Lonsdale admits he was slow to recognise problems associated with feeding canned and dry pet foods. As a 1972 graduate of the Royal Veterinary College, London, he followed conventional teaching but by the late 1980s a series of "wake up calls' alerted him to the dangers. Together with a small group of veterinarians, the Raw Meaty Bone Lobby, he set out to research the facts.

Then as now vested interests were the main obstacle to obtaining information and alerting the community. It also became apparent the 'science' can stand in the way of progress and systems intended to protect pets and the community can do the opposite. ''The truth is rarely pure, and never simple" , but this book lets the truth speak for itself as it lifts the lid on the pet food industry/veterinary profession alliance.

A majority of pets suffer periodontal and other diet-related diseases - most have putrid breath, some develop Foul-mouth AIDS. In 1993 the Australian Veterinary Association reported:

Periodontal disease is arguably the most common disease condition seen in small animal practice and its effects on the gums and teeth can significantly affect the health and will being of affected animals. This is sufficient in itself to give reason for concern. Proof of additional systemic effects is not necessary to justify further action.

But the authorities are slow to act. This book explains why, and the practical solutions pet owners and veterinarians can adopt for themselves. If you own a pet, or know someone who does, this book's for you.