《動保》不建議以［牛皮骨］取代［潔牙骨］！

【牛皮骨...不是零食...!!! 】


它申請的項目是...玩具..!!!

寵物飼料中的神秘配方....傳了多年.....

很多人也許不知道，許多知名品牌寵物飼料中，含有安樂死的貓狗遺骸，其中還有一些特別古怪的產品 (牛皮骨)...？！

在一項研究並進行測試後，發現，事實上這是一個讓人尖叫的噩夢...!!!

一個臥底的研究：許多的毛皮貿易在中國，泰國和菲律賓的報告。狗和貓的毛皮來自這些國家被用於大衣，服裝，以及在全球，包括美國在內的配件，許多年了。即使到了今天，狗和貓皮業，仍然在生產包括生皮的使用。

不要購買它們...!!!
因為這些生皮骨的成份中，極可能來自被毛皮業利用後的貓狗。檢查以確保其成分都非常清楚的註明在包裝上。否則，有很高的機率，可能是 “ Soylent 綠色” 。

生皮（Rawhide）：生的乾燥動物皮，在美國當地和早期的歐洲人來說：生皮是被當作金屬薄板、釘子、裝訂用的材料，也被用來修理騎馬裝備、破損的槍拖等等⋯⋯ 還被當作木屋構造中的零件，像是：門鏈、窗戶、捆綁材料、還有美國印第安人用來
建造船，就如同我們看到的，生皮是非常強韌、堅固耐用、超耐負荷的東西，且不容易被破壞！

生皮是如何製作而成的呢？

生皮：是由屠宰廠屠宰的公牛、母牛或是馬的肉類副產品，肉被販售後的剩於價值，是被拿來作為商業用途 的。會把有肉的那一面，將肉、膜、脂肪刮除乾淨 之後，須把所有毛刮除乾淨，此時會將生皮浸泡在 ash-lye （一種鹼劑）裡或是石灰溶劑裡，泡在 ash-lye大概 3 天後，再盡量把毛去除，再反覆這個步驟直到所有的毛都被去除為止。

石灰溶劑：是最快速，且最常被工廠使用的方法，這就是用一般建築商業用的石灰粉，生皮大約浸泡1~3天，毛就會被去除，這個方式有極高度的腐蝕性，但也是為大量生產之最有效率的方法。

為了去除石灰的痕跡，生產業者會把生皮浸泡到漂白水裡面，再作成各式各樣的形狀，在生皮還是濕潤狀態下，就會被作成骨頭或是其他各式各樣的形狀，來引起消費者的購買慾。

生皮乾了之後，會縮水成原來一半的大小，但是，當生皮又被液體弄溼之後(狗狗的口水)，它會慢慢又恢復原本的尺寸，此時，當狗狗撕下一塊吞進肚裡時， 那生牛皮就會在狗狗腹腔裡慢慢地...慢慢地膨脹...!!!

狗狗的胃液無法破壞掉生皮，生皮一旦膨脹之後，就會慢慢造成輕微或嚴重的腸胃不適...甚至死亡..!!!

本人經由詢問過數位醫生後，得到的回覆皆是：
不建議以［牛皮骨］取代［潔牙骨］！

以下內容為醫生親口述說～
牛皮骨的成分是廢棄獸皮，捲成骨狀曬乾，漂白再添加香料，不是好東西！

但是潔牙骨就好像口香糖，乾淨些，成分也是較好的。

因為太多人把牛皮骨當潔牙骨使用，是不正確的！

繼續購買（無論有意或無意）都是在助長歪風...!!!

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Rawhide Chews & Rawhide Bones: More “Soylent Green” for Our Dogs?



In our local grocery store the other day, I noticed something very strange about the packaging of the store brand of rawhide chews.

The pet food industry has a particularly checkered reputation when it comes to truth in ingredient and packaging issues. The FDA has been willing to turn a blind eye and give mystery ingredients in dog food a pass for years, even knowing that a large number of commercial dog foods contain the remains of euthanized cats and dogs from rendering plants.

Yet, there was something particularly odd about the language (or lack of) on the label of those rawhide chews I found in the grocery store. A question. A huge question. I decided to buy the rawhides and take a closer look.

Now, after doing the research and performing a test, I have found out more than I ever wanted to know. In fact, it’s a screaming nightmare.

The Rawhide Chews in Question:

The "natural" rawhide chew. The ingredients are not on the label.
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It was odd that the ingredients were not disclosed on this packaging label. These rawhide chews were tiny and were of a different color than many other rawhide chews. Perhaps, it was because they weren’t bleached as so many rawhide chews are? I noticed too that these rawhide chews were made in Taiwan, not a place noted for their humanistic treatment of dogs.

I compared them to a different brand of rawhide chews made in the USA, which clearly states the ingredients on the labeling:

The ingredients are very clearly labeled on this brand.
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Out of the package, the mystery meat rawhide chew from Taiwan (above) and the beef rawhide chew from the USA (below):

Both of the rawhides out of the package.
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The Test:

I put them each in a dish and poured hot water over them to soften them. Then waited for about an hour. The results were stunning.

Once expanded in the water, the rawhide from Taiwan (left) was very thin, very lean, and small as though it came from a small animal. There was an inner strip of twisted, plastic-like material which did not expand or change in the hot water at all.

The beef rawhide (right) became very thick and was very soft and fatty, just as one would expect a beef rawhide to be.

Both rawhides after the hot water test.


Conclusion:

Exactly what the mystery meat rawhide from Taiwan is made of, I could not say for sure without performing genetic testing, but it is very questionable. Could it be made out of dogs or cats?

I did find something very interesting in a report about an undercover study done by the Humane Society of the United States about the fur trade in China, Thailand and the Philippines. Dog and cat fur from those countries has been used in coats, clothing, and accessories on a worldwide scale, including the United States, for years. It continues to be, even today. The dog and cat skin industry, including the skin used in rawhide chews, is a part of it. The companies who utilize these products are able to get by by using the kinds of generic names and labeling not so unlike the labeling of the mystery meat rawhide chews that are the subject of this article. The deception is all perfectly legal.

In that report by the HSUS, there was also a specific mention of dog and cat skin being used in the manufacture of rawhide chews. Here is a screen capture of that page:

from the humane society report

Final thoughts:

Our dogs can live very happy and full lives without rawhide chews. It would be better not to purchase them at all. If you feel that you absolutely must buy rawhide chews for your dog, check to make sure that the ingredients are very clearly stated on the package first. Otherwise, there is a high probability that they might be “Soylent Green” for dogs.

The dog and cat fur and skin industry in China, Thailand and the Philippines is shockingly cruel… a horror story that I will not get over reading about for a long time. It was extremely difficult to research and write this blog article, but it was a story that absolutely had to be told.

We in the United States and Europe are also not without blame. Our stores continue to stock those products. We create laws designed to make it easy to keep importing and selling them. The FDA provides little oversight, especially where pet products and food are concerned. We continue to purchase (knowingly or unknowingly) those furs and rawhide treats made from dog skin and fur which further fuels that industry. We also are not exactly nice to many animals here, especially when we consider the cruel horror that goes on in our own factory farms and slaughter houses.

Resources:

WHAT-IS-THAT-THEY-RE-WEARING_FURBOOKLET.PDF – This is the link to the undercover study by the HSUS about the dog and cat fur industry in China, Thailand and the Philippines. It is revolting. It is terrifying. It is in this study that rawhide chews made from dog and cat skin is specifically mentioned. (You’ll need the free Adobe Reader or some other program that can read .pdf files to view.)

HTTP://WWW.ACTASIA.ORG/DOGS-TAIWAN.HTML – “Taiwanese Dogs: Treated Like Trash”, article about the sad fate of homeless dogs in Taiwan today, who are often trucked from deplorable animal shelters to dog slaughterhouses.