As animal lovers we were on the verge of giving it all up. Animals used for food are the most tortured souls on the planet. We do not want to support an industry who treats living beings worse than so many cheezits just for the sake of profit. We believe that its past time to start waking up and caring about all beings and take an active roll of at least awareness about where our food comes from a
nd the food we feed our dogs. Especially since I know the people who love RosieBones treat their dogs as family members and want them to have the very best. Better than what they eat themselves in a lot of cases! So instead of just giving it up and going away - we decided that we would only offer the most humane and healthy treats for your dog. We at RosieBones believe that "Meat Should Be A Treat And Not Your Daily Grind" (tm)
For Dogs AND their People! We would like to use RosieBones as not only a delicious and nutritious treat for your dog but as an awareness campaign that what we eat matters. Where it came from matters. How it was grown or raised - matters. If your diet contains regular servings of pain and suffering its not only horrible for the animal who spent its life enduring it - but how you eating that animal effects your health. We want to strive for Meat Monday instead of Meatless Monday. We would like to see people cut down on the amount of animal products they use and take for granted. Look for more humane alternatives. Places like McDonalds, Jack in the Box, Wendys - fast food hell. For the animals and for the people who eat there. An animal giving up its life for us to eat should be a blessed and sacred thing. Not a mass produced money machine for an elite few. Remember when the Cattle industry took on Oprah?? And there is no such thing on earth that is a Happy Cow that supplies an industry big enough to have a tv commercial. OK - I could go on and on but I think you get the point. Bottom line is our new suppliers are the amazing Marys Chickens. They went with Temple Grandin and PETA to study humane animal husbandry in Europe. Its not the perfect solution - but it did end a LOT of suffering. Its the most humane poultry farm Ive been able to find. As consumers we have the ability to demand this. We have all the power to change things but rarely the energy or awareness to flex the muscle. All we have to do is put our money into the things we believe in and eventually for the industry will do the right thing. They won't do it because its "the right thing" but they will follow the money. You have to be careful to go beyond buying things labeled humane by actually doing the research. I have hard time going to Walmart to buy "organic" produce. Know what I mean? So do your research. Seek out local farms. Or better yet - raise your own animals for food. These people can show you how. http://www.farmsteadmeatsmith.com
There are alternatives. Seek them out. These are our suppliers. Please check them out and see if you wouldn't feel better eating Chicken once a week from them vs everyday strange chicken products from factory farmed animals. http://www.maryschickens.com
ask for them at your local grocer! But more importantly - seek out the healthiest most humane option out there. http://vegan.org
You don't have to give anything up. You just start looking at things differently. Baby steps or big giant leaps. Whatever works best for you and your life. It all helps change the world for the better. Every little bit. And if that is not something we are all striving to do at least on some small level - whats the point...?
