I guess that's my thought as well...you can't prove a negative, you can only prove what you do have proof of. We know from Shannon's own testing that the very food she fed her birds was not contaminated. That alone should be enough to tell you that it was not the food. I get that she is very upset but why is she basically still stalking Zupreem. I'm surprised that Zupreem isn't suing her. She hasn't faced any consequences for her extreme actions. I get that she wants answers but this is not the way to get them. She has asked other people who fed the food and lost birds to come forward, but what good will that do other than to scare people? If you cannot confirm it is the food by either having the food tested and/or having necropsies done, it's a shot in the dark. You can't just link a death to the food because you fed it and your bird died. It seems that so many people have left their skills of reasoning at the door and let emotion get the better of them for whatever reason. There is nothing that connects the deaths of her birds to Zupreem. Absolutely nothing. Testing of all three foods show nothing. There was a single necropsy done on one of her birds and it is pointing most likely to an inhaled poison although it could not rule out an ingested poison. My vets looked at it and said most like inhaled though and I know other people have had their vets look at it and said the damage to the lungs was too much to be anything but. Everything is leading away from the food, especially the simple fact that the tests done on the food said there was nothing there. Are other birds dying? Sure...but you can't just say that because they ate the same food that the food is the problem...there is no indication that this is the case. Bring me some kind of proof that this is true and then I'll listen. Otherwise I really think that we need to stop defaming Zupreem regardless of how we feel about the company itself.
Thank you for writing this, Jen. You've made a very clear case. I did read that all the food had tested as okay, but I thought that because the FDA has taken on the case that there was
something in the testing that warranted further investigation. But of course I've no idea what standard needs to be met to trigger FDA involvement. Also, in the avalanche of posts I guess I missed that only one bird had been necropsied. I thought most, if not all, had been examined. Perhaps the answer would have been forthcoming if more of the birds had been examined, but I'm sure cost was an issue there.
Regarding Zupreem, I realize they conducted themselves in a manner that some don't like. However, I've fed Zupreem Natural for many years, and continue to do so without concern for the safety of the food. I wonder how much business they've lost because of all this?
