Illness, Death and Nutro Dog Food

Reports are coming in about a suspected problem with Nutro Dog Food in the USA; Lisa Wade McCormick of ConsumerAffairs.com – June 23, 2008, reported:

A series of mysterious illness and death – dogs Nutro pet food. Scores of pet owners report their animals became ill while eating Nutro products, then recovered when they were switched to another brand.

At least six dogs have died in the past two months, according to an analysis of complaints to ConsumerAffairs.com

The article goes on to report several gut wrenching stories of owners who watched their pets die, the common link in all cases was Nutro dog food. Some pet owners and employees remarked on the apparent lack of concern about the deaths; and at least one employee has resigned because of dissatisfaction over the way the company was handling the matter!

The six dogs that recently died include two Italian Greyhounds in Indiana, a Beagle/Whippet mix in Pennsylvania, two German Shepherd puppies in North Carolina, and a Doberman Pinscher in Texas.

But scores of pet owners across the country — including longtime Nutro customers — no longer feel safe feeding this brand of food to their dogs and cats.

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