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New website provides pet-friendly business, destination reviews

PetAdvocate.net recently launched across the US as a resource that stores reviews and listings on pet-friendly businesses and destinations around the country. PetAdvocate.net was created as a way for people to share reviews and share both positive and negative experiences with other pet owners.

Brand Insights

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

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What keeps pet food professionals up at 2 AM? It’s not just Salmonella, ingredient shortages, or missed deliveries. It’s the rising pressure from a new generation of pet owners who expect perfection and demand it fast.

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

New Pet Collective YouTube channel launches

A new YouTube channel, The Pet Collective, officially launched, with videos dedicated to furry, feathered and scaly pets of all types. The channel, started by FremantleMedia, offers pet-related content including Q-and-As with veterinarians, comedic scripted shows about pet owners and their animals, and more, all with the aim of benefiting animals.

Instinct petfood brand sponsors roast of Betty White

Nature's Variety petfood brand, Instinct, sponsored a recent roast of comedic actress Betty White on May 16, hosted by The Friars Club, in New York City, USA. Uggie, White's dog, eats Instinct Raw diet everyday, according to Omar Von Muller, his trainer.

Milk-Bone Trail Mix dog snacks celebrates National Trails Day

Actress Sara Rue, in partnership with the makers of Milk-Bone Trail Mix dog snacks, celebrated National Trails Day on June 2, by encouraging pet owners to be active with their pet. The American Hiking Society and Milk-Bone Trail Mix identified a list of dog-friendly hiking trails in an effort to encourage people to get out and get active with their pet, which can be found on the Milk-Bone website.

Purina Mills celebrates Small Animals month in June

Purina Mills LLC is celebrating the first Small Animals Awareness Month throughout June, and invites small animal owners to share stories and photos on the company's Facebook page. From June 4-30, consumers will also receive a US$2 off coupon for any Purina Small Animals Garden Recipe food and can be redeemed at US PetSmart stores.

Interzoo successful for Brazilian pet product companies

A number of Brazilian companies participated in Interzoo, the international trade show of accessories and supplies for the pet market, held May 17-20 in Germany. A Brazilian pavilion was organized by the Brazilian Association of Industry of Products for Pets, Abinpet, through Pet Brazil Project, a partnership of Abinpet with the Brazilian Agency for Promotion of Exports and Investments.

AFIA to host Liquid Feed Symposium in September

The American Feed Industry Association’s Liquid Feed Committee will host the 42nd annual Liquid Feed Symposium, September 12-14, at the Grand Hyatt Denver in Colorado, USA. The program educates and promotes the agricultural liquid supplement industry, with speaker presentations, research funding, achievement recognition and the Liquid Feed Symposium Trade Show.

Mars Petcare, The Nutro Company build petfood innovation center

Mars Petcare and its subsidiary The Nutro Company recently began building a US$87-million North American Regional Innovation Center for petfood in Thompson's Station, Tennessee, USA. The four-building campus will serve as the companies' home base for creating future petfood innovations for the North American market and is expected to be complete in 2014.

Helping pet owners understand gastrointestinal problems

Gastrointestinal problems are one of the top 10 reasons pet owners take their dogs to a veterinarian, according to a recent report. With so many petfood options in the retail setting, it's often difficult for owners to discern which petfood to purchase, especially when advice may be coming from those without a veterinary background, said Davinne Glenn, DVM, co-owner of Veterinary Center of Liberty in Missouri, USA. It's important for owners to know about the role of petfood in Gastrointestinal health and for veterinarians to educate owners.

Spectrum Pet Care president faces investment fraud allegations

Frank Renick, president of Spectrum Pet Care, a Missouri, USA, petfood company, has been indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on allegations of investment fraud. Renick, of Montgomery City, Missouri, was arrested June 4 on three charges of mail fraud. According to prosecutors, Renick sold $7 million worth of investments in the company to more than 250 investors in Missouri and other locations.

Man suing Diamond Pet Foods over dry dog food recall

A father in New Jersey is reportedly suing Diamond Pet Foods and the place of purchase, Costco, claiming that his 8-week-old son was sickened by recently recalled Salmonella-tainted dry dog food he purchased. Lawyers for Nevin Eisenberg of Marlboro, New Jersey, USA, filed a lawsuit in a New Jersey federal court that alleges his infant son was hospitalized by a strain of Salmonella infantis that was found in petfood made at Diamond’s Gaston, South Carolina, USA, manufacturing plant.

Market Trends and Reports

Eva Longoria to be celebrity face of Dine cat food brand

Eva Longoria has reportedly agreed to become the international celebrity face of the Dine cat food brand. Although Longoria, star of the TV show "Desperate Housewives," does not own a pet cat, she says she is a cat lover and owned them as a child.

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