The "humanisation" of pets is a continuing trend, whereby pets (particularly dogs and cats) are increasingly cared for according to human patterns, and human aesthetic standards are applied to pets. Pets are increasingly regarded as family members, and are often considered as equivalent to children in the level of attention and care they gain from pet owners. Read more…

Man, just when I thought I couldn't get any more cynical about this whole affair. Please, someone get a hungry lawyer on this, it seems to me these assets should be given to grieving families. What a fuckstick:

The latest update -- the first to involve its Ontario plant -- comes amid news that the chief financial officer of Menu Foods Income Fund sold nearly half his units in the pet food maker less than three weeks before it announced its massive product recall, according to insider trading reports. Read more…

Wheat gluten, a source of vegetable protein, is also used in some human foods. Sundlof said the FDA is not aware that any of the contaminated gluten went into human food but said he could not confirm this "with 100 percent certainty."

Sounds like a good time to diet. More good news: Read more…

Corporatism kills Fido, and they don't care:

(CBS/AP) As many as one in six animals died in tests of suspect dog and cat food by Read more…