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Dog, cat, fish, bird & small pets · 9 stories
Japan cat food: Hill's owns clinical trust, Mon Petit owns the bowl
Hill's wins on renal outcomes but loses on cost; Mon Petit wins on palatability but loses on consistency.
The First Lab-Grown Dog Food Did Launch—But It Wasn't the Product Most People Think: Calysta's FeedKind Pet Protein
Cultured-meat pet products have launched, but complete cultured-meat dog food remains years away. What shipped was a treat, and the honest story is more interesting than the hype.
The Health Tracker Your Cat Doesn't Even Know Is Working: Inside Purina's Petivity Smart Litter Box
Smart litter boxes turn a mandatory daily behaviour into a passive health-monitoring stream, doing what wearable collars have struggled to deliver.
Can a Cat Actually Be Vegan? Wild Earth Says Yes
That makes Wild Earth Unicorn Pâté one of the boldest pet-food launches in recent years.
China Has the Technology for Lab-Grown Cat Food. So Why Isn't It on Sale?
At the same time, China has built a serious cultivated-meat research and manufacturing sector.
How a Cat's Raw Food Diet Led to a Bird Flu Infection in a Human
Raw poultry, meat and milk are promoted as less processed, more biologically appropriate and closer to a carnivore's ancestral diet.
How One Contaminated Warehouse Pulled Tylenol, Haribo and Five Cat-Food Labels Into the Same Recall
They were made by different companies, in different factories and under different product-safety systems.
The Cat Food Recall That Exposed a Uniquely Feline Nutritional Weakness: Inside the Quest Cat Food Thiamine Recall
Most pet-food recalls begin with something entering the product that should not be there.
Why Purina Spent Years Engineering the Exact Shape of a Cat's Dinner
Most pet-food innovation happens inside the recipe.