Quotes from Richard H. Pitcairn

You might assume that livestock with cancer or obvious infection would be rejected for all consumption. Not so. The part considered diseased (such as the abscess or tumor) is cut out, but the rest of the sick animal goes right on into human food. Guess where the abscess or tumor goes? Into pet food.

How many wild animals can be sustainably killed for the many millions of pets that people keep?

In the largest study ever done on humans, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2005 that most Americans carry more than 100 pesticides and toxic compounds in their tissues, especially compounds used in consumer products, many linked to potential health threats.

Estimates are that 89 percent to 99 percent of the chemical intake into our body is from our food, and most of this is from foods high on the food chain: meat, poultry, eggs, fish, and dairy products."—John McDougall, MD