And our gun laws got even tougher since 1997′s – now world’s second biggest lone gunman mass murders (The biggest one being the recent one in Norway), of Port Aurthur in Tasmania.

And subsequently our stricter laws were able to overcome the country’s gun lobby, contrary to your own powerful gun lobby which has to date, been able to stave off any significant restrictive gun laws. At least, to my knowledge. Happy to be stood corrected? But the point is, yes you’re right, Australia has a much greater restriction re gun laws than the US.

Gordon, “You hit the nail right on the head!” There is no need for all those toxins in our consumer products. There are non-toxic or safer alternatives for just about everything. Until manufacturers start listening, as consumers, our best choices are organic and additive free. Raising our own and hunting are still better than CAFO or processed meats. You’re also right about this being “right up my alley.” This is where I live.

(Yeah, I always wanted to live in Australia … But my husband is a hunter and heard you couldn’t have guns there.
Besides, I just couldn’t eat kangaroo! Too cute!)

Having that knowledge certainly helps in evaluating dogfood and it’s processing. But what I keep learning is that there are always more layers of “the onion” to peel. I only feed raw scrap from our own livestock or game and dehydrated liver treats as treats to our dog, or a 5 star kibble as training treats. I had never read a soft dog treat package and didn’t even realize they were putting PPG in there! I always tell people, Read the Label! If you don’t recognize it as regular food, don’t eat it and don’t put it on your body!

These articles would be right up your ally, Toxed, re these questionable additives to commercial dog food. Let me rephrase that….these and many other questionable and toxic additives found not only in dog foods, but even so called whole fresh fish re mercury, and raw meats containing sulphur dioxide, hormones and antibiotics, even.

That’s why it’s always best to try and seek certified organic where possible. Failing that, hunt for game oneself, lol.

I’m probably still a little more lucky in that in Australia, I can sill obtain more prevalent grass fed and drug free raw meats, than maybe the US.