Has Anyone Lost An Animal Because of the Pet Food that was recalled?

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I was watching Nightline this evening and they said that there may have been hundreds of animals who've died because of this. They also said that because animals are considered property that the owners have no recourse in the situation. Since I think most of us who have animals consider them part of the family, maybe we need to organize and change the law regarding this. I'm sure that this was an unfortunate accident and I'm not suggesting doing this to create lawsuits but I know from experience that because animals are not treated as more than property, there is little to do when someone threatens an animal or threatens the person about an animal. I was blackmailed a few years ago and forced to to deal with an evil woman because what she was doing wasn't against the law technically. She threatened to have my babies taken away if I didn't do what she said. Now, if she'd offered to help and worked with me a little, she probably could have persuaded me to do what she was after but instead, she turned my life upside down and ultimately caused me to have to put 10 of my cats in a kennel for over a year to protect them. It wasn't what she wanted that was so bad but it was the way she went about it that was evil. And, because I couldn't afford to move, I was trapped in the situation. Fortunately, God got her out of my life. I don't know how but I'm real grateful! But the point is that animal owners have virtually no help when something like that or this pet food thing happens. There are no laws to protect our animals. For me, my cats are my kids and I love each of them individually. They are precious to me and losing any of them would break my heart. It was very traumatic having them in the kennel for so long. I went to see them every chance I could but they were almost a two hour bus trip away from me and I had to work so I could only visit once a week for a couple of hours. They've been home with me for almost a year now but I still sometimes feel bad for having to put them there at all. However, I'm very grateful that God enabled me to put them there and keep them there safely and brought them all back to me! I thank Him every day for my babies being with me. And, I pray for protection over us until God gets us out of here and into a nice safe home. Anyway, have any of you lost a pet to this tainted food? And what do you think about my idea to change the laws to protect our animals?