Pet Deaths.....More Bush Admin Fallout

[rsmith6621]

Loosening of standards during the Bush admin. are now taking a toll on our beloved dogs and cats.

Lots of years of Bush fallout ahead.

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SEATTLE -- If you have a dog or cat, you've had to deal with ticks and fleas.

You expect the products you use to kill ticks and fleas to kill the pests -- not to hurt your pet. Vets say, when applied properly, these products are generally safe. But many are wondering why many animals are getting sick, or worse, dying?

A lot of people use a liquid "spot on" product, which you can now get at supermarkets and pet stores. Forrest Desmond put a store-bought flea product on all five of his dogs.

"Within a half hour, all 5 of them were sick, agitated, throwing up, coughing," Desmond said.

Desmond was lucky, his dogs survived. Government figures show store-bought flea treatments caused 44,000 severe reactions in 2008, and there were 1,200 deaths reported.

That's a 50 percent increase from the year before.

So what's going on here? The Environmental Protection Agency says

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/46508357.html

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. Well shoot what brand of flea stuff was it?!

That's like saying, did you hear about all the people dying from tainted bread shipped to supermarkets?
Not enough information.