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Pet Fooled

An investigative expose of the inner workings inside the commercial pet food industry, which has gone largely unchallenged until now.

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Kohl Harrington

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Additionally,
melamine is an ingredient - Pet Fooled

Additionally, melamine is an ingredient

Following the 2007 recall - Pet Fooled

Following the 2007 recall

It's confusing because
the pet food industry - Pet Fooled

It's confusing because the pet food industry

She is oprah winfrey's
veterinarian and now an author, - Pet Fooled

She is oprah winfrey's veterinarian and now an author,

So let me ask you this, - Pet Fooled

So let me ask you this,

So no corn, no wheat, no soy... - Pet Fooled

So no corn, no wheat, no soy...

After many years of r&d, - Pet Fooled

After many years of r&d,

Those are the things that cause
overweight, diabetes, - Pet Fooled

Those are the things that cause overweight, diabetes,

If you're feeding
poor nutrition-- - Pet Fooled

If you're feeding poor nutrition--

That you find in dog food
or are you talking to people
who are giving table food? - Pet Fooled

That you find in dog food or are you talking to people who a...

During the war, - Pet Fooled

During the war,

So somebody said
we need to make the dog food - Pet Fooled

So somebody said we need to make the dog food

And nobody thought
at that time - Pet Fooled

And nobody thought at that time

Now because of the way
that the world is, - Pet Fooled

Now because of the way that the world is,

She needs to get on her diet, - Pet Fooled

She needs to get on her diet,

There's definitely
an epidemic of problems now - Pet Fooled

There's definitely an epidemic of problems now

Every animal
that comes in to see me, - Pet Fooled

Every animal that comes in to see me,

They're actually suffering
from many, many maladies, - Pet Fooled

They're actually suffering from many, many maladies,

We have animals
that have, you know,
diabetes and arthritis. - Pet Fooled

We have animals that have, you know, diabetes and arthritis.

They have auto-immune disorders.
They've got allergies, - Pet Fooled

They have auto-immune disorders. They've got allergies,

It's a huge
epidemic of problems, - Pet Fooled

It's a huge epidemic of problems,

I would say...
I rarely get home
before 8:00. - Pet Fooled

I would say... I rarely get home before 8:00.

Um, there are days when
I stop appointments at 3:00, - Pet Fooled

Um, there are days when I stop appointments at 3:00,

My daughter said to me, - Pet Fooled

My daughter said to me,

And doing this conference, - Pet Fooled

And doing this conference,

Because your parents feed you
excellent food. - Pet Fooled

Because your parents feed you excellent food.

You put this down
and they're just like--
like arrows just right on it, - Pet Fooled

You put this down and they're just like-- like arrows j...

They're both like, "yes!
Thank you, you're feeding me
the thing I love," - Pet Fooled

They're both like, "yes! Thank you, you're fe...

There aren't any pathogens
in that raw food - Pet Fooled

There aren't any pathogens in that raw food

When I first
mention it to people, - Pet Fooled

When I first mention it to people,

Like, are you crazy?" - Pet Fooled

Like, are you crazy?"

Yeah, well, we had
so much crazy processed food, - Pet Fooled

Yeah, well, we had so much crazy processed food,

It's gonna cost a little more,
but you're gonna like it." - Pet Fooled

It's gonna cost a little more, but you're gonna li...

No one's gonna spend
so much more money
on food than--" - Pet Fooled

No one's gonna spend so much more money on food than--&...

Yes we will because we know.
We can feel it. I can feel it. - Pet Fooled

Yes we will because we know. We can feel it. I can feel it.

And now I think we've
come to the point of saying, - Pet Fooled

And now I think we've come to the point of saying,

Dogs and cats have,
at least hopefully, - Pet Fooled

Dogs and cats have, at least hopefully,

They usually starve or
die of secondary infection, - Pet Fooled

They usually starve or die of secondary infection,

He was hit by a car
and has a broken, um, wing. - Pet Fooled

He was hit by a car and has a broken, um, wing.

One of my hobbies and passions
is wildlife rehabilitation. - Pet Fooled

One of my hobbies and passions is wildlife rehabilitation.

I have been fascinated
with nature and life
since I can remember. - Pet Fooled

I have been fascinated with nature and life since I can reme...

I became a licensed
wildlife rehabilitator
when I was 14, - Pet Fooled

I became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator when I was 14,

So when I was 14,
I heard about a woman - Pet Fooled

So when I was 14, I heard about a woman

Her name was barbara harvey - Pet Fooled

Her name was barbara harvey

And I said,
"barbara, my name
is karen becker, - Pet Fooled

And I said, "barbara, my name is karen becker,

She lives in
a beautiful log cabin - Pet Fooled

She lives in a beautiful log cabin

She invited me
to live in her tepee - Pet Fooled

She invited me to live in her tepee

Barbara has the best
success rate in the country
with raptors. - Pet Fooled

Barbara has the best success rate in the country with raptor...

And the reason
she has such success, - Pet Fooled

And the reason she has such success,

Mice, rabbits, rodents - Pet Fooled

Mice, rabbits, rodents

So when I went
to veterinary school
years later, - Pet Fooled

So when I went to veterinary school years later,

Before I went to vet school, - Pet Fooled

Before I went to vet school,

The most important thing
I think I learned from that - Pet Fooled

The most important thing I think I learned from that

It's developed, evolved,
to have a specific diet
that keeps it healthy. - Pet Fooled

It's developed, evolved, to have a specific diet that k...

Each animal has
its own biologic requirement
for certain nutrients. - Pet Fooled

Each animal has its own biologic requirement for certain nut...

A species-appropriate diet
for worms is dirt. - Pet Fooled

A species-appropriate diet for worms is dirt.

A species-appropriate diet,
let's say, for hummingbirds
would be nectar. - Pet Fooled

A species-appropriate diet, let's say, for hummingbirds...

You can't feed
earthworms nectar, - Pet Fooled

You can't feed earthworms nectar,

Some species, when you
offer them not-biologically
appropriate foods, - Pet Fooled

Some species, when you offer them not-biologically appropria...

When you offer a snake--
another obligate carnivore-- - Pet Fooled

When you offer a snake-- another obligate carnivore--

They will not consume - Pet Fooled

They will not consume

It gets pretty confusing
with dogs and cats, - Pet Fooled

It gets pretty confusing with dogs and cats,

What that means
is that we can nutritionally
abuse them-- - Pet Fooled

What that means is that we can nutritionally abuse them--

They just have
overall vitality decline, - Pet Fooled

They just have overall vitality decline,

Cats, being obligate carnivores,
have to consume meat - Pet Fooled

Cats, being obligate carnivores, have to consume meat

They do not have
a biologic requirement
for any type of carbohydrate. - Pet Fooled

They do not have a biologic requirement for any type of carb...

They have a very high
protein requirement, - Pet Fooled

They have a very high protein requirement,

Cats, originally,
we thought, were domesticated - Pet Fooled

Cats, originally, we thought, were domesticated

And so by domesticating cats, - Pet Fooled

And so by domesticating cats,

We do know,
in the last hundred years, - Pet Fooled

We do know, in the last hundred years,

And certainly we need
to begin evaluating - Pet Fooled

And certainly we need to begin evaluating

Kidney disease
is the number one
killer of cats. - Pet Fooled

Kidney disease is the number one killer of cats.

And we know that
asking cats to process
an entirely dehydrated food, - Pet Fooled

And we know that asking cats to process an entirely dehydrat...

And we know that dogs
came phylogenetically
out of the order "carnivora," - Pet Fooled

And we know that dogs came phylogenetically out of the order...

In 1993,
the international society
of zoologic nomenclature - Pet Fooled

In 1993, the international society of zoologic nomenclature

This society
concluded that dogs - Pet Fooled

This society concluded that dogs

They shared
99.9 percent of the dna. - Pet Fooled

They shared 99.9 percent of the dna.

We know that genotypically--
the genotype-- - Pet Fooled

We know that genotypically-- the genotype--

We have bald dogs,
dogs with white fluffy hair, - Pet Fooled

We have bald dogs, dogs with white fluffy hair,

We've created these
fantastic varieties of breeds - Pet Fooled

We've created these fantastic varieties of breeds

Despite the fact that
we have bred dogs to have
certain characteristics, - Pet Fooled

Despite the fact that we have bred dogs to have certain char...

Just as you can have
brown hair, blond hair, - Pet Fooled

Just as you can have brown hair, blond hair,

One of the biggest problems
with the pet food industry - Pet Fooled

One of the biggest problems with the pet food industry

There isn't anybody
that's really minding the store - Pet Fooled

There isn't anybody that's really minding the stor...

However, those companies - Pet Fooled

However, those companies

The problem with
the types of research studies - Pet Fooled

The problem with the types of research studies

Within our, um,
legal requirements
and frameworks, - Pet Fooled

Within our, um, legal requirements and frameworks,

The research has not
been done on raw foods, - Pet Fooled

The research has not been done on raw foods,

Now, integrative veterinarians
are working on that, - Pet Fooled

Now, integrative veterinarians are working on that,

We just don't believe
it's safe and healthy." - Pet Fooled

We just don't believe it's safe and healthy."

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An investigative expose of the inner workings inside the commercial pet food industry, which has gone largely unchallenged until now.

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Director: Kohl Harrington

Writer: Kohl Harrington

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2016

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ImdbRating: 7.4

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Awards: 1 win total

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