I am just checking to find out if anyone here knows of any pet foods sold in the UK that contains dolphin meat. This question is prompted by the appalling news article about the Japanese slaughter of dolphins, which upset me terribly. I feel it is likely that Japanese pet food manufacturing doesn't find it's way to the UK, but as the world is so small now and companies have so many subsidiaries its hard to know. I know there are some real 'food specialists' here, so I am appealing for any knowledge on the subject. There is no way in the world that I would contribute to this atrocity knowingly, and from now on I shall buy NOTHING originating in Japan. In fact if I had the means I would nuke them all

Sorry to rant, but EXTREMELY upset over this.

Thanks
Kat

I saw that on the news too.  They didn't say that the meat went into Japanese pet food - just pet food! 

I know from my personal contact with 2 of our major pet food manufacturers at dog shows, they source their ingredients from all over the world.  Whilst I only use a very limited amount of processed food for my dogs, I did feel very uncomfortable as I watched that report. :(  I shall be asking more questions at Crufts, although I suspect that the reps don't have that sort of information.

I can't really see them imported dolphin meat half way around the world when there is a market for it there. The economics would make no sense what so ever.  We have plenty of pet meat available from our own meat market.

Wish i could believe that Isabel but if they can ship every other consumable item half way around the world cheaper than sourcing it locally why not dog meat??

Such as?

Most of the clothing we buy in places like New Look etc. Electrical goods, Motor cars !!!!

The big difference is these are things that all involve labour costs.   I could perhaps imagine it for high value meat products but not meat destined for pet food.  Just does not seem economically viable to me.

Hills  is imported in to the UK On big  ships so is timberwolf

From Japan? :)

>From Japan?

No they're not.A quick google would have told you that alistairthehurley :rolleyes:

Sorry I was unaware that hills and timberwolf were made in the uk,I was responding to the point that pet foods are manufactured halfway round the world .Not just Japan but also the USA and Taiwan and India The fact is they are and shipped to the uk.
By the way just for my own information HILLS and timberwolf factory are in what part of the uk ? 

No, people are saying that Hills and Timberwolf aren't manufactured in Japan and shipped to the UK from there.

I think you are missing the point that there may be some economic sense in shipped a product with added value, ie in the manufacturing process such as clothing or engineered goods from countries where labour is extremely cheap or because of some increased desirability by a niche market which appears to be the case with Timberwolf, but there is no economic sense in shipping a raw product from one country to the next ie Japan to UK or the USA, only to surupticiously use it as an ingredient when there is no shortage of equivalent ingredients available locally for very much less.  Unless of course they are not using it surupticicously and there is a niche market for a dolphin and alfalfa variety for instance :D.
By the way I am not at all sure that Hill's isn't made in the UK or at least main land Europe under license :)

I would think it most likely that the meat would be processed into pet food in Japan itself, so if we only buy food which is manufactured in the UK it should be okay.

Makes you think though, we are at the mercy of the manufactures and they don't always tell the full story. A good indication of how we should have the facts so we can make properly informed decisions about what we get and where it comes from.

I saw it too, with the same gloom at the whaling pics I have seen. It disgusts me that human beings can be so cruel.

Thanks for all the replies, just wish I could do something more about it. I hope the animal campaigners can get majorly involved, as I support most of them (IFAW etc).

I like to think that this is restricted to Japan, but as others have stated, stuff is shipped all over the world. It could even be processed in a factory there into a branded food sold here - how would we know. If anyone does find anything out please post it here. Thanks

Kat