Hey! It's
Vegan MoFo Day 9!! I want to take a break from talking about vegan people and their foods, and talk about
vegan pet food. I really want this to be more of a feedback kind of thing, because I don't yet have a very strong
opinion on the topic, but I haven't really done a lot of research on it either.

I currently do not buy vegan cat food for my kitty cats. From what I understand, cats and dogs are omnivores by nature. I am not sure if it would be right for me to "force" my cats to be vegan. But, then again, I guess I am "forcing" my cats to live indoors with me in my apartment. So, I guess I'm torn. On one hand, I don't want to support the factory farming industry and companies that have unethical, unsustainable practices. I currently buy a natural pet food that is made with no fillers or factory farm meat products.

But I must admit, every time I buy the food for my cats, I feel guilty about buying animal products. I know I don't
necessarily need to feel guilt, since cats are not vegan by nature, but I just can't help it!
There are lots of articles and forums, including the
PPK, on the
internet that discuss this issue, and both pro- and anti-vegan pet food sides make good points. Both this
Huffington Post article
and this
IVU article got me really thinking a lot about this issue. What better place to discuss it than on my blog during Vegan
MoFo?
My kitty cat companion, Stewie.
So what do you all think: should companion animals/pets be given vegan pet food?
Do you feed your pets vegan pet food?
I wanna hear your opinions!