# Euthanized shelter dogs are rendered and sold as pet food up to feed other dogs?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 28, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanized-shelter-dogs-are-rendered-and-sold-as-pet-food-up-to-feed-other-dogs/645361 "2012-12-28T07:16:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanized-shelter-dogs-are-rendered-and-sold-as-pet-food-up-to-feed-other-dogs/645361/21 "2012-12-28T17:44:41Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> My dogs have never been good at sniffing out “sad souls”.
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> Treats hidden under layers of clothing - now that’s another story.

Ha! Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanized-shelter-dogs-are-rendered-and-sold-as-pet-food-up-to-feed-other-dogs/645361/22 "2012-12-28T21:29:56Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Wouldn’t also have to worry though about a [“mad cow”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmissible_spongiform_encephalopathy) effect? I thought that cannibalism (which would be the case here) could sometimes be harmful in the long run – witness things like [kuru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)) in human beings.

That was my immediate thought. Cannibalism is rare in nature for a reason.

> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> My dogs have never been good at sniffing out “sad souls”.
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> Treats hidden under layers of clothing - now that’s another story.

That’s what you think - in reality, your dog is trying to eat your soul!

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