If I had known this much of a fuss would have happened, I never would have asked about other raw feeders on the group. I agree with what Danee said, it's more important that pets are getting a nutritionally sound diet with ingredients that will most benefit the pets. Meryl-- I don't know where you're getting your assumptions from but I find them immature and downright insulting. You say why not dogs and cats too, on the natural diet. My cats and dog are eating raw. It's because their GI tracts are designed to consume what I choose to feed them and they have digestive enzymes that kill the bacteria we fear so much. As for humans eating raw meat, I'm sure at some point in the past, humans did. However, we do not have the digestive enzymes that dogs/cats/ferrets have to kill bacteria such as salmonella. Also: Cats have a small, nonfunctional cecum. Dogs have a relatively small cecum. Ferrets totally lack a cecum. Humans have a decent sized, fully functional cecum. The cecum is where fruits/veggies/plant matter is digested. Please know, even though I feed raw, I am not a "raw snob." I've had pets live long, healthy lives on kibble. I choose to feed raw now because it is what I believe to be the most beneficial for MY pets. I'm not saying it's the most beneficial for anyone else's pets. I can't stand to see when raw feeders knock on kibble feeders for "not having time." And I read things such as "Well I have a full time job but I still feed raw." Good for you. I know that if I were still in school and working at the same time, I never would have been able to feed raw. When I first started the raw, I spent hours agonizing over feeding amounts, what to feed, did he chew that bone well enough, etc, etc. It takes a lot of getting used to and it's not for everyone. I'm sure there was a lot of controversy when kibble first started coming out. People used to feed their dogs scraps, and suddenly there's a "dog food" but they had to pay for it? Cats were mousers, why buy kibble when they sustain themselves for free? I for one, am very glad to see this matter laid to rest. Cassandra, LVT [Posted in FML 6244]