| Re: Why?
It is a valid question, although it's worth bearing in mind that meat-based pet food bears little resemblance to what a wild dog or cat would have eaten. As such their diets are very much unnatural as it is. Plus the actual existence of domesticated dogs and cats is entirely unnatural and so too are the lifestyles that they lead.
If a vet could guarantee to me that a vegatarian based diet was healthy for a cat or dog (and contained the necessary vitamin supplements etc) and if the animal enjoyed the food then I don't think I would have a problem with that. However, I don't know whether vegatarian pet food is in fact healthy for dogs or cats.
Matt |