Cat deaths linked to Orijen pet food

This is a sad story about some reported cat deaths which are suspected to be a result of the cats eating the brand Orijen cat food brand from Canada. Rest asured the Star Pets site does not and has never stocked this brand.

“UNEXPLAINED chronic illness and death among Sydney cats has been linked to a gourmet imported pet food withdrawn from stores over the past three weeks.

A cat neurologist, Georgina Child, has put down five cats over the past week and treated or consulted with other vets about more than a dozen others suffering from paralysis.

Dr Child, who is based at the University of Sydney’s veterinary hospital and the Small Animal Specialist Hospital in North Ryde, said the only factor that linked all the cats was a specialist pet food called Orijen, which is imported through a Canadian company, Champion Petfoods…”

To read the full story click here to read the full story by Kelly Burke, Consumer Affairs Reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald.