VEG CEO Attacks Pet Insurers, Offers ‘No Solution’ For Those Who Can’t Pay Vet Bills Up Front
Late last month, veterinary hospital industry disruptor David Bessler hosted more than 200 veterinary students and recent graduates for a […]
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TCR to challenge FDA’s unlawful blackout of canine DCM records
With continued thanks to attorney David Schulz at Ballard Spahr, LLP and to Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information […]
Confused about the FDA’s update? Leading vet hospital Animal Medical Center in NY just published this explainer.
Confused about the FDA’s canine DCM update?
Dr. Ann Hohenhaus at the renowned Schwarzman Animal Medical Center in New York — AMC is one of the largest and busiest small animal nonprofit teaching hospitals in the world — has a new, must-read DCM explainer:
AKC Pet Insurance Axes Breeders in California, Washington
In an email to breeders, AKC Pet Insurance announced yesterday that its breeder support porgrams in California and Washington are […]
FDA updates dog DCM case count for first time in years.
Case count now at 1382.
TAKEAWAYS You may unknowingly be feeding your dog a diet that’s putting him at risk for sudden death. All […]
New NY law bans dog retail but ‘puppy mill pipeline’ thrives at North Shore Animal League
Governor Kathy Hochul signed new legislation this week “which will ban the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits at retail […]
“Terrorizing the pet industry”
Last month marked three years since we began our drive to bring greater accountability and transparency to the pet industry […]
Outgoing FDA CVM chief who vowed silence on link between dog foods and deadly heart condition “praised by industry”
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Lemonade announces buzzy alliance with Chewy–Trupanion’s original partner
“The moment that [Chewy] would offer another insurance carrier, we could talk to other pet retailers,” Rawlings told TCR, declining to name companies, although he did note that Trupanion “turned down Walmart.”
“We didn’t think that Walmart could help grow the category,” Rawlings added. Trupanion’s point of view, he says, is that ‘Chewy was going to come to the marketplace no matter what,’ describing Chewy as if he were describing stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
FDA has now vowed to disclose the current dog DCM case count within six weeks. Hundreds of dogs and nearly three years have passed since the last update.
It’s been nearly three years since the FDA issued its last update on a deadly heart condition’s connection to certain […]