Cat owners have been advised they could risk breaking the law if they force their pets into veganism. The RSPCA said cats could become seriously ill if given exclusively plant-based diets and owners could run the risk of getting a criminal record.
A spokesman said while dogs were omnivores and could theoretically survive on a vegetarian diet, cats were carnivores and needed meat.
They pointed out:
Under the Animal Welfare Act, the law requires an owner to take reasonable steps to ensure that all the pet's needs are met. This includes a healthy diet, as well as providing suitable living conditions, ability to behave normally, appropriate company and protection from pain, suffering, injury and disease.
Cats need a source of animal protein to survive. It is an absolute biological necessity.
They are strict carnivores and depend on some very specific nutrients that are found in meat including taurine, vitamin A and arachidonic acid so can become seriously ill if they are fed a vegetarian or vegan diet.
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