Saturday 7 September 2013

The True meaning of growth in Animal Food Industry?

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi




Animal food today is not a trivial topic.  Every owner thinks about what to give to his/her pet, and this industry is thriving as a result.
Recently, a very high growth in pet food has been observed. This stat may not seem that important, but let us think what we can draw of this little detail. The topic we deal in this blog is what this tells us?




Luxurious pet food
It may be a sign of people being more educated about what to feed. It may tell us, that people want to feed the best to their dogs. People are more now more cautious of their pets  health .There are many benefits of pet food such as they are easily digestible for pets, They make their immune system stronger. They also play a considerable part in preventing premature ageing of animals.They also boost the growth of the pets. Maybe feeding of specially certified food be a sign of care towards the pet . But is this the only possible reason?

There is another interesting aspect to it. This growth may also be a significant indication of commercialization of pets in our country. Dogs which are more used, rather, I would say "employed" for a specific task are given this type of food  for eg. Guard dogs. This may also be a sign of growth of pet culture in our society . For the task of this blog has always been to promote adoption , a certain brainwave tells me this stat tells us the opposite, that buying a pet is more common than adopting because a certain person who buys a pet for a few tens of thousands ought to give him the best of food because his dog is his status symbol, like a mercedes car or a gucci valet. This may seem absurd a bit, but dogs, especially those who are considered of "better breed", are a status symbol. This is contrary to what this blog has always emphasized on that a dog which needs shelter, regardless of breed, should be petted .



As of what i have seen, the latter is the one which is really happening . We see many people elegantly walking in the park with their waist high german shepherds or white as snow pomeranians,  but we rarely see people feeding strays, that too this kind of food.
A stray dog's food
So now its upon the readers to decide via their observation, what is really happening? Love towards animals is increasing or the commercialization  of dogs is on the up. Be sure to answer this question in the blog's poll.


What does this rapid growth in food industry mean?

3 comments:

  1. I agree....
    people are ready to spend thousands literally to "BUY" an animal... claiming themselves to be animal lovers...
    lets stop making this breed system in animals equivalent to the caste system in humans.. where the downtrodden or the strays are left to rot...

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