MEDIA RELEASE 16 May, 2012

Updated www.VegePets.info: the facts about vegetarian cats and dogs

Can cats safely go vegetarian? What about dogs? Is it natural? Are commercial meat-based diets natural? What are the health hazards, and how can they be avoided? Are there any health benefits?

I'm an experienced cat and dog veterinarian with a special interest in vegetarian companion animal diets. Following extensive research, including a review of the relevant biomedical literature, I've created this website to assist all who wish to gain a sounder understanding of the health and nutritional issues associated with meat-based and vegetarian companion animal diets. Included here are:

-- detailed summaries of the health and nutritional implications of feeding both meat-based and vegetarian companion animal diets;

-- advice on smoothly transitioning cats and dogs onto vegetarian diets;

-- advice on safeguarding the health of vegetarian animals -- particularly cats;

-- short summaries of all of the above (here and here);

-- links to suppliers of vegetarian pet foods and nutritional supplements.

I hope you enjoy my site. If you think this information deserves a wider audience, please consider distributing the flyer, leaflet or article. Thank you for visiting.

With regards,

Andrew Knight DipECAWBM (AWSEL), PhD, MRCVS, FOCAE

- Diplomate, European College for Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine

- Fellow, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics

- Spokesperson, Animals Count: a UK political party for people and animals

- Director, Animal Consultants International

-- author: The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments, Palgrave Macillan 2011 --

-- http://www.andrewknight.info/publications/book/book.html

www.VegePets.info

London, UK