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Some pet food brands are now using
proteins from INSECTS so they can
reduce their carbon impact and use
less land and water

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Posted By: OhioNick, 6/14/2021 9:30:13 PM

Pet food companies are swapping meat proteins for that of insects in a bid to reduce your cat or dog’s environmental impact or carbon pawprint. Big name brands like Nestle Purina and Mars have recently joined the move by using dried black soldier fly larvae, while other companies, such as Jiminy’s, use cricket protein. The shift aims to reduce the 64 million tons of carbon dioxide that is emitted each year from producing and the consumption of meat-based products. Some companies say their insect farms only generate four percent of the current emissions released each year by farms that maintain cows, pigs and chickens.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bogeegolf 6/14/2021 9:35:51 PM (No. 815840)
My dog says the heck with you. Enough of the climate change bs.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: downnout 6/14/2021 9:49:36 PM (No. 815852)
Yesterday I saw a pizza made with cicada toppings...and the wings were delicately applied to the crust. Yuk!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Come And Take It 6/14/2021 9:53:34 PM (No. 815857)
I wouldn't insult my pets with this garbage.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Corndoggies 6/14/2021 10:16:05 PM (No. 815877)
Some brands use euthanized pet carcasses so bugs may be an improvement. Feeding our 7 dogs isn’t cheap but we’re careful what goes in them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Thos Weatherby 6/14/2021 10:18:18 PM (No. 815878)
Still waiting for Fido's Soylent Green High Protein Blend. But I won't let him lick my face.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: rbruce20 6/14/2021 10:27:27 PM (No. 815882)
This is how mad cow disease started. What's next; Soylent Green for pets?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 6/14/2021 10:32:03 PM (No. 815888)
Time to stop buying this bug food.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: thatsomewhereplace 6/14/2021 10:37:28 PM (No. 815895)
So I became aware of the cricket menu when Bill Gates said he ate crickets ergo the rest of us should eat crickets. After all, it's the protein, man. I will make my own "dog food" for my lovely catahoula feme. No mealy worms for her. No flies for her. I wonder if Bill Gates uses dental floss to get out the wings, etc. lodged between is ugly teeth? My Bella will love whatever I fix for her.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: PlayItAgain 6/14/2021 10:50:14 PM (No. 815904)
Someone at work brought us Chocolate Chirp Cookies that contained crickets. I thought that was kind of cute, actually. I think all of the commissaries that serve Congress and the Senate should be forced to serve nothing but insect based proteins.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Californian 6/14/2021 11:26:23 PM (No. 815917)
Given the other things my dogs have chosen to eat on their own when I wasn't looking, industrially processed insects would be an improvement. Joking aside, please check what you're feeding your 4 legged friends right now. A lot of dog food brands don't even have protein or very little because they are corn or wheat based. Your dog gets nothing from that to keep them healthy, it's just filler.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Jennie C. 6/14/2021 11:28:25 PM (No. 815919)
Well, I guess the animals wouldn't be as grossed out as we would. But how long before they start sneaking this into our food?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DEnforcer 6/14/2021 11:33:41 PM (No. 815922)
What is the science on insect consumption? Do we know that ingesting insects is safe? Will pets even eat this stuff? Are insects farms regulated in the same way that any other livestock farm is regulated and checked by health inspectors? What is being fed to these these insects? Is it organic, gluten free, pesticide free? Are these critters harvested (i.e., slaughtered) humanly? How do they separate insect feces from nutritious insect parts, considering the size of insects? Will some insects induce hallucinations in my dog? I need to know!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: GoodDeal 6/14/2021 11:34:37 PM (No. 815924)
I heard recently, that I believe it is Minnesota, that will allow liquidation of human remains so they can be washed down the sewer and solids can be used as fertilizer. That should work well for ground water and make for some great lettuce. Soylent Green liquid or pellets coming to a Home Depot near you.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: kono 6/15/2021 1:40:33 AM (No. 815982)
I doubt my cats would ever object - they love to eat bugs, anyway.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: udanja99 6/15/2021 8:48:02 AM (No. 816196)
Keep in mind that a lot of pet food companies get some of their ingredients from China. Imagine what is in those ingredients given the Chinese lack of clean processing and hygiene. It’s a good idea to do a search on your pet’s food and find out where all of the ingredients come from. My two greyhounds and my cat are fed with only American processed and sourced food.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: MickTurn 6/15/2021 8:52:11 AM (No. 816205)
Obviously run by Leftists that care about nothing but BS and ILLEGAL Profits!
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Reply 17 - Posted by: paral04 6/15/2021 10:39:37 AM (No. 816339)
I fed my dog table food which was home cooked. he led a very long healthy life. Pet food is full of garbage now they are throwing in bugs for good measure to appease their false god of climate change. I'd like to see a report on the carbon emissions by country because I believe our contribution is way lower than most based upon population.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: JimBob 6/15/2021 8:51:53 PM (No. 816994)
I would wager that the REAL reason, the 'bottom line'..... IS the Bottom Line. I would wager that this insect mash is CHEAPER TO MAKE than normal proteins. Consider this.... would they do it if it was MORE EXPENSIVE? I bet NOT!
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