I graduated from the RVC in 1972. Some fifteen years later I gained first inkling that most of my carnivore patients were suffering diet-induced diseases. Careful investigation revealed that the veterinary profession, colluding with pet-food makers and so-called animal welfare groups, had falsified the records regarding preventable diseases and premature death affecting millions of pets. (Harold Shipman hid in plain sight behind falsified records too!)
Despite establishment disbelief and denial, there is a scientifically sound solution understood by thousands of conscientious pet owners: Raw meaty bones promote health. In 1991, part blowing the whistle and part sharing a simple concept with profound health benefits, I published Oral Disease in Cats and Dogs.
In 1992 I delivered the Pandemic of Periodontal Disease lecture, chaired by Richard leCouteur (now professor at UC Davis) and attended by six academic vets including Professor David Church and Dr Jill Maddison (now of RVC). Dr Richard Malik attended and has since made significant contributions. Otherwise the information was treated with contempt by an arrogant assembly.
If the vet establishment refused to act, then I would. Since 1992 I have worked to solve the gravest issue facing pet health and the veterinary profession in the 21st century.
RCVS Candidate Manifesto
My 1998 RCVS election manifesto posed basic questions:
Does it concern you that modern small animal veterinary science is founded on information derived from artificially fed animals?
Is it of concern that the majority of artificially fed animals suffer from periodontal and other diet induced diseases including an "AIDS-like" condition? [http://www.ukrmb.co.uk/showcontent.toy?contentnid=40293]
Does the absence of naturally fed controls, in veterinary practice and clinical research, suggest a drift towards pseudo science?
The human medical and dental professions extol the benefits of a healthy natural diet, but the veterinary profession is influenced at every level by the junk pet-food industry. Does this matter?
Now in 2011 Roger Meacock asks why basic questions remain to be addressed let alone answered:
Can the veterinary profession, regulated by the RCVS, claim to be an authority on animal health whilst failing to acknowledge and investigate concerns first raised in 1991- concerns that are endorsed annually by hundreds of veterinarians voting at RCVS elections?
David Cuffe comments http://www.rawmeatybones.com/vetsay.php:
I have voted for you in every RCVS election for many years. I have bought, read, and loaned out Raw Meaty Bones, and after most of a career automatically warning against feeding bones I eventually saw sense and realised the degree of advertising propaganda which encouraged me to think, incorrectly, that dogs are 'omnivores' and that feeding cereal based commercial food was largely responsible for increased longevity in dogs and cats. So most UK (I am Irish, but London based) vets believe, unthinkingly; as I did. They are genuine in these beliefs if somewhat dense. But that is the effect of merchandising propaganda on a largely unquestioning profession.
The veterinary profession, RCVS and DEFRA have the resources and the legal and moral obligation to investigate the pet food/pet disease connection. Please consider and please show your support.
Thank you.