A dog-lover on another list had compiled this. When you see the acronym "BARF", it stands for "Bones and Raw Foods" :-) http://www.api4animals.org/doc.asp?ID=79 This is about what's in commercial pet food, a must read for *anyone* who has a pet. http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ This is Dr. Tom Lonsdale's site - he's an Aussie vet. http://drianbillinghurst.com/ Dr. Billinghurst is another Aussie vet who saw first hand what happened to pets when commercial food first became popular (including what happened to his own pets when he started feeding them this junk). Pet food was introduced in Oz three decades later than here in the States. http://members.aol.com/abywood/www/gd_bone.htm http://www.barfers.com/ This is Jane Johnson's site - with so many resources on BARF http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm A super beginners FAQ http://members.tripod.com/~RavenwoodDals/drbstone.htm This is good if anyone happens to have a stone former (usually a Dal) http://www.vetref.net/wholefoodsforum/pages/billinghurst001.htm http://home.midsouth.rr.com/laughter/cat.html This is a cat page, but has some good links, including a couple more articles on what is really in commercial pet food. -Karen