In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 16 . What we are watching in Canada .
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 16 . What we are watching in Canada .
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 16 . What we are watching in Canada .
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A friend recently consulted me about the declining health of her parents’ cat, Rose. The pampered feline, who was only seven years old, had been losing her eyesight and exhibiting behavioral issues. When I asked my friend what her parents were feeding their furry companion, the likely source of Rose’s issues became clear. As it turns out, the middle-aged cat had been eating a nutritionally inadequate high-carbohydrate diet full of commercial cat treats for years. The next time I spoke to my friend, Rose had gone totally blind, and just a couple of months later I learned that her health had deteriorated so dramatically that my friend’s parents had the cat euthanized. This unnecessary tragedy occurred well before Rose had even reached her senior years, and, in all likelihood, was preventable had species-appropriate nutr