Those of us who have been covering the pet food recall since the
beginning are going to be on an online panel discussing the story
behind the pet food recall on Tuesday, May 8 at 10 PM Eastern Time.

Permission is given to crosspost.

When Menu Foods, back on March 16, announced its first recall of pet
foods due to melamine contamination, the mainstream media was only
briefly interested.

To a small group of bloggers, it was apparent from the first days that
this story was much larger than most people thought. They began
compiling data, comparing information, collecting personal stories, and
digging for facts. Since then, there have been dozens of additional
recalls, threats to the human health supply, a re-evaluation of
international food safety standards, and a rising wave of frightened
and angry pet owners.

PetHobbyist.com, on behalf of founder Jeff Barringer and its
DogHobbyist.com, CatHobbyist.com, and PetSupport.net communities,
invites you to attend an online panel discussion with the bloggers who
have been following the pet food crisis from the beginning, to discuss
the story behind the recall, what's likely to happen next, and what
pet owners can do to protect their pets now and in the future.

Joining us will be:

* Gina Spadafori and Christie Keith of PetConnection.com

* Ben Huh of Itchmo.com

* Therese Kopiwoda of PetSitUSA.com and ThePetFoodList.com

* Kim Duke of PetFoodTracker

The chat will be held on Tuesday, May 8 at 10 PM Eastern Time in the
Auditorium. To receive a free email reminder of the special chat, sign
up here:

http://news.pethobbyist.com/index.cgi/archive/recall/

More information, and complete information on how to attend the chat,
is here, or, if your email program does not read HTML:
<http://www.pethobbyist.com/sitenews/index.php?/archives/50-Online-Panel-about-Pet-Food-Recall-May-8.html>

This will also work:
http://tinyurl.com/2lnll4

We definitely give permission to cross post - in fact, ask you to share
this announcement with anyone you think might be interested. The chat
is free, you don't need to register for the site to attend, and there
is nothing to download or install.

We hope to see you there.

Christie Keith
Caber Feidh Scottish Deerhounds
Raising Our Dogs Holistically Since 1986
http://www.caberfeidh.com/
http://doggedblog.com/

[Posted in FML 5600]