Greetings to all. Thank you so much for your support, without you guys this would not have been able to get this far. With almost 8000 petition supporters and the FB group "Does Bravecto Kill Dogs?" closing in on 22000 members, I am convinced that removing this drug from the market is becoming more possible than ever. I would like to call on everyone to share this petition as widely as possible on all social platforms. Too many dogs are dying after taking Bravecto, and I would really like to see an end to the drug soon. There have yet again been several cases of dogs dying recently after taking the drug. One such very sad case is the case of Aja. This is her story, copied and pasted directly from the Facebook timeline of her owner, Stephanie Hope: "One week ago today, my parents and I watched our family dog die. Aja had been dying for two weeks, ever since she got a three-month flea and tick treatment called Bravecto. This drug killed her. This drug is made by Merck. This drug has been documented to cause organ failure, edema, heart murmurs, difficulty walking, skin lesions, pancreatitis, liver failure, and untold amounts of pain. This drug caused all of the above in Aja. This drug is still being prescribed by veterinarians, whom Merck tells that it is safe. We decided to euthanize Aja after two weeks of watching this drug eat her from the inside. My parents spent hundreds of dollars on every imaginable test to figure out what was wrong with her and how we could save her. There were a litany of symptoms, but no way to treat the cause of these symptoms, because this drug, this poison, had been absorbed by her body. My incredible mother, Brigitta, slept downstairs on the couch so that Aja wouldn't need to suffer alone, and my incredible father, Paul, made dozens of unique meals for Aja to coax her to eat as her appetite waned. After one week, Aja was struggling to walk. After one week, when I came to visit her, my mom filmed how Aja got up off her bed to greet me, and stood beside me for several minutes, because it was so rare for her to get up at all. After one week of Bravecto poisoning her insides, my once sprightly, energetic dog struggled to stand for more than a few minutes. After a week and a half, my parents had to carry her outside in a sling. After two weeks, Aja’s dog bed was lined with absorbent pads because she could no longer even get up. After two weeks, Aja had to be fed with a syringe. After two weeks, she could only feebly wag her tail and lift her head, for moments. After two weeks, Aja’s eyes became glassy and dull. After two weeks, Aja was asking us to let her die. Two weeks ago I walked into the animal hospital carrying Aja in my arms like an offering to some cruel god. Her limbs had swollen to twice their size. In her final examination, the vet discovered a heart murmur that Aja had never had before. The vet suspected there was fluid in Aja’s lungs, and that she had pancreatitis, a failing liver, imminent renal failure, and systemic organ problems. There is no bringing a dog back from that. Aja is dead because Merck doesn’t believe its profits should be jeopardized by repeated cases of serious adverse side effects, and death. Please, if you have a dog, do not give them Bravecto. Do not give them NexGard, another internal flea and tick medication made by Merck and also the culprit behind a number of canine deaths. (Another drug in this class is Simparica). Tell your vet to look into the numerous well-documented side effects caused by these drugs. Look into them yourself. And at the very least, please sign this petition. MY DOG IS DEAD... YOUR DOESN'T HAVE TO BE..." So guys, as you can see, this drug is causing a whole lot of heartache... has been causing a whole lot of heartache ever since its inception in 2014... As always, I promise to NOT declare a victory unless it is a TRUE victory resulting in this drug being removed from the market globally and entirely. Until next time, take care! PS: The photo is of Aja, taken before Bravecto started poisoning her... For general info such as how to report an reaction to the drug, as well as statistics on how many dogs have been or are being adversely affected even to the point of dying, please follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/411371212394679/permalink/522444527954013/