Petition updateHelp stop the mass poisoning of pets by vetsChannel 7 Sunrise promotes junk pet-food propaganda — refuses to correct the record
Dr Tom LonsdaleSydney, Australia
Jul 4, 2017 — Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:16:06 +1000 To: mlepore@seven.com.au, abachmann@seven.com.au From: Tom Lonsdale Subject: What to feed pets Cc: sunrisestory@seven.com.au Hi Monica, Hi Amanda, Your Sunrise switch directed me to Paul Richard's phone and his phone directed me to you. I hope that you can help with the 'feeding pets' issue. A friend sent me a link to your Shaun White segment broadcast today. https://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/36099221/what-to-feed-your-pet/#page1 In fact for more than 25 years there's been a massive struggle in the vet profession about how to feed pets. You can find lots of TV and video at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzZmYoLjxA8bFUepVvHmv_A including NZ and Chinese TV. ABC Lateline covered part of the story last year. Channel 7 covered the story at least three times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnsEOHS_Os https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7XhE5hOBgI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK5FuCfgZNo But as you can tell, the message is being drowned out by the junk pet-food industry and their spokespersons. Aussie pets and their owners deserve better. I hope you can get back to me about the possibility of getting the record set straight. As further indication of how big and serious this issue is, please see attached Raw Meaty Bones and the masses of info at: www.rawmeatybones.com Best wishes, Tom Lonsdale BVetMed, MRCVS Bligh Park Pet Health Centre 48 Rifle Range Road Bligh Park NSW 2756 Australia Tel: +61 2 4577 7061 ================================================= From: Tom Lonsdale [mailto:tom@rawmeatybones.com] Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2017 4:28 PM To: Lepore, Monica; Bachmann, Amanda Cc: Sunrise Story Subject: Fwd: What to feed pets Hi Monica, Hi Amanda, I'm wondering if you received the Friday email OK. Millions of Aussie pets and their owners depend on accurate info. I hope you will help correct the record Please let us know. Best wishes, Tom Lonsdale ================================================ At 04:31 PM 27/06/2017, Lepore, Monica wrote: Hi Tom, We spoke to a vet in our story. And we also said to speak to your vet in the story. I don’t think we need to correct the story. Monica. ================================================= From: Tom Lonsdale [mailto:tom@rawmeatybones.com] Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2017 4:44 PM To: Lepore, Monica; Bachmann, Amanda Cc: Clinic Subject: RE: What to feed pets Hi Monica, Sorry, if the advice provided in the Sunrise 'advertorial' for junk food is followed by Aussie pet owners it will give rise to massive cruelty, suffering and expense. As you know Channel 7 is well aware of the junk pet food controversy but continues to air false and misleading advertising and it seems, runs false and misleading advertorials. Please let me know what Sunrise, or Channel 7 more generally will do to correct the record. Best wishes, Tom ================================================= From: "Lepore, Monica" MLepore@seven.com.au To: Tom Lonsdale , "Bachmann, Amanda" ABachmann@seven.com.au Subject: RE: What to feed pets Thread-Topic: What to feed pets Thread-Index: AQHS7w7SdTDTd0PRlE+AfZTZWjXwZqI4P66AgAAD8NuAAAArMA== Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 06:50:05 +0000 Hi Tom, if you’re referring to the story we ran about pet food, we followed the advice of vets when compiling the story. We were conscious not everyone has the budget to be able to afford food from a vet so we needed to be able to provide alternatives. I accept that you have a different view to the vets we featured and spoke to off camera, but we managed that by making sure the message in the story was for pet owners to speak to their vet. Monica.
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