A veterinarian trade group calls for killing rabbits in “shelters”

In other news: Raw pet food diets threaten animals and people. Researchers unfairly pathologize those who choose dogs over people. Should you adopt a radioactive dog or cat? More states move to prevent cat maiming. Communities are looking for someone to run their animal shelters. Another one bites the dust. Industries that kill animals lobby to protect that killing from humane competition. Families struggling to pay for veterinary care.

These are some of the stories making headlines in animal protection:

Raw pet food diets threaten animals and people

A cat in San Francisco died after eating raw pet food. The cat suffered from complications of “H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza,” commonly known as bird flu. The Food & Drug Administration tested samples of RAWR raw pet food and found them to be contaminated with the same strain of H5N1 that resulted in the cat’s death.

Over the past year, the Food & Drug Administration has issued 11 pet food recalls — all of them involved raw food. Consumer Reports also “tested 58 dog foods from brands including Blue Buffalo, Hill’s Science Diet, and Purina for key nutrients and dangerous contaminants.” Not surprisingly, the only foods with concerning contaminants were the raw ones.