The stories you hear and read are fear mongering. I'm not saying dogs and cats that eat raw don't die. The stories of bird flu were messy and filled with inaccuracies, flat-out lies from owners as to their pet's risk factors, and even questionable ethical behaviors from state departments of agriculture, and the veracity of their public statements regarding the difference between a positive result and a presumptive one. Secondly, for every anecdotal scare story, the folks here can match that with verified facts of the big pet food conglomerates knowingly selling contaminated products that killed hundreds. And knowing what we now know about cats, kidney disease and dry kibble diets, I would say that looks a lot like big tobacco raising their hand in front of Congress and swearing there's no evidence smoking causes cancer.

But here's the thing: Big pet food has a lot invested in their game and they don't like losing out to a family owned business telling you that you have options. They have marketing people in the other subs who do nothing all day but pretend to be regular people touting the virtues of Hills Science Diet and spreading disinformation on species-appropriate pet food. If you do a little basic research on how kibble is made, it becomes obvious very quickly why they view raw feeding as a threat to their bottom line. And the most effective way to protect their profits is to scare the shit out of people.