Warning

Have not had time to check this out but, got a email about "Cocoa Mulch"
bought at Target. Seems a dog owner bought it, her dog ate it and died in
convulsions the next day. The bag had no warning about pets but the website
did say it was harmful to dogs and cats. Am going to check this out.

Can someone do that snoops thing or however you spell it and see what this
is about?

Granby wrote:
Have not had time to check this out but, got a email about "Cocoa Mulch"
bought at Target. Seems a dog owner bought it, her dog ate it and died in
convulsions the next day. The bag had no warning about pets but the website
did say it was harmful to dogs and cats. Am going to check this out.

Can someone do that snoops thing or however you spell it and see what this
is about?


It is Snopes. I'll give it a try. MLB

Granby wrote:
Have not had time to check this out but, got a email about "Cocoa Mulch"
bought at Target. Seems a dog owner bought it, her dog ate it and died in
convulsions the next day. The bag had no warning about pets but the website
did say it was harmful to dogs and cats. Am going to check this out.

Can someone do that snoops thing or however you spell it and see what this
is about?

Yep! Contains same chemical as chocolate which is dangerous to animals. I did not read whole thing as print is small and hard to read.

snops, right
"MLB" wrote in message
...
Granby wrote:
Have not had time to check this out but, got a email about "Cocoa Mulch"
bought at Target. Seems a dog owner bought it, her dog ate it and died
in convulsions the next day. The bag had no warning about pets but the
website did say it was harmful to dogs and cats. Am going to check this
out.

Can someone do that snoops thing or however you spell it and see what
this is about?
It is Snopes. I'll give it a try. MLB

Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if you don't have a
pet, please pass this to those who do.
Over the weekend, the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased
Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. The dogs loved the way
it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden.
Their dog (Calypso) decided the mulch smelled good enough to eat and
devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was typical
when she eats something new but wasn't acting lethargic in any way.
The next day, Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk .
Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.
Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further
investigation on the company's web site,
this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.

Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey's, and they claim that "It is
true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch
can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each
individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it."
*Snopes site gives the following
information:http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp*
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other
Garden supply stores contains a lethal ingredient called
'Theobromine'. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells li ke
chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and
die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks.
Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker's chocolate
which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic
quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to
caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of
garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions
and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the
ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of
theobromine.

Damn them for putting this on the market!!
HTH,
Love
Kyla
--mad

"MLB"
Granby wrote:
Have not had time to check this out but, got a email about "Cocoa Mulch"
bought at Target. Seems a dog owner bought it, her dog ate it and died
in convulsions the next day. The bag had no warning about pets but the
website did say it was harmful to dogs and cats. Am going to check this
out.


Can someone do that snoops thing or however you spell it and see what
this is about? Yep! Contains same chemical as chocolate which is
dangerous to animals. I did not read whole thing as print is small and
hard to read.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

I tried to copy and paste the whole link, but couldn't do it.

I hope they get sued big time.
Love
Kyla
--also posted this to our other group

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:09:17 -0700, Mosey =^..^='s busy little fingers
typed:

Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if you don't have a
pet, please pass this to those who do. Over the weekend, the doting
owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use
in their garden. The dogs loved the way it smelled and it was
advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog (Calypso)
decided the mulch smelled good enough to eat and devoured a large
helping. She vomited a few times which was typical when she eats
something new but wasn't acting lethargic in any way. The next day, Mom
woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk . Half way through
the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly. Although the mulch had
NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the
company's web site, this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.

Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey's, and they claim that "It is
true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch
can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each
individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it." *Snopes site
gives the following
information:http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp*
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and
other
Garden supply stores contains a lethal ingredient called 'Theobromine'.
It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells li ke
chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and
die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Theobromine
is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker's chocolate which is
toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities
of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and
theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch
made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17
hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao
bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.

Damn them for putting this on the market!! HTH,
Love
Kyla
--mad

This really fits the corporation image. Has ennykitty seen the movie,
"The Corporation?" They start with the legal rooling that a corporation
is a person and then ask what kind of a person is it. From analyzing
what they do they showed that corporations, by their own actions are
psychopaths. They have no conscience and no caring. It's a furry
revealing thesis.

--
Regards,
Fred
(remove FFFf from my address to reply by email)
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html