This is a picture of my boy Mao. I adopted him as a stray kitten in
Asheville, NC in 1998. I worked in a record/cd store and one of my
coworkers brought in a box with a blue eyed fuzzy kitten. She found him
alone by the side of the road and planned to take him to the pound. I
couldn't bear the thought of this sweet kitten heading to the pound, so
that's how Mao and I met. He was fairly loud and demanding as a kitten,
so I dubbed him Chairman Mao. I later found out Mao meant cat in
Chinese. When I would call him, "Maomao," he would run to me and say,
"Mao!"
He was patient kitty and dear companion. He put up with moves to
Athens, Georgia. Flew on a plane with me to San Beranrdino, California,
then finally settled with me in Charlotte, NC. He's been the one
constant in my life the past 9 1/2 years.
At the end of this past February, he stopped eating. I took him to his
vet and was told he had late stage kidney failure with off the chart
readings. I made the decision to have him put to sleep. I stayed up all
night with him, took pictures, and sobbed. He'd lay his head on my arm
trying to comfort me. He was such a sweet empathetic creature.
I found out a couple of weeks ago about the recall. I fed Mao Iams
Select Bites in Gravy daily before his sudden death. I am livid. I'm
going to speak out on this issue as much as possible. I don't want Mao
or the thousands of other animals to have died in vain. Menu Foods does
not deserve protection. - fuzzybunnystew
Image c/o the BARC Pet Food Recall Photo Gallery