I think that if you feed most any animal inappropriately, it could become
obese.  And we are fed inappropriately.  They can do it to mice and rats and
birds also.  Farm animals all get fat when fed the wrong things in the wrong
quantities.

P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Esben Brun" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: Sv: Re: [P-F] compulsive eating is not the norm but the exception


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Madeline Mason <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [P-F] compulsive eating is not the norm but the exception
>
>
> >(overweight/overeating) happens in no other species except
> > domesticated dogs and cats, and they are not victims of "intellectual
and
> > cultural learning", only availability of food, and a severely
adulterated
> > diet at that.
> >
> > If our dogs and cats had to go out to hunt for their food as they did/do
> in
> > the wild, they would not lie around becoming fat and lazy either. If we
> > humans were forced to do the same, compulsive eating/overeating would
> vanish
> > instantly.
>
>
>
> I have known (lived with)  several  domestic  cats and dogs that   DIDNT
> get  fat and lazy !
> -  aswell as many  "domesticated"   humans  who want fat or lazy either.
>
> But  I  must admit  I  know  a cat with an eating  disorder;   and I have
> known obese dogs too.
> However that is not the norm ( I think)
>
>
> BTW -  commercial  cat and dog  food  surely is not  "paleo".
>
>
>
> Esben
>
>