Hi, all!
I skimmed this thread and didn't see these suggestions:
-Contact the good folks over at the Feline Nutrition Education Society via
feline-nutrition.org (not "felinenutrition.org" - that's a parking site) and ask them for a stack of their feline nutrition 'postcards'; pass those cards out to everyone you know, leave them in public places, give them to the guy delivering your pizza tonight. :-) Get permission from your local library to leave a stack, or talk a local pet store owner into putting one in every bag he/she sells.
-Print off the Society's one-page guides and distribute as above. See if you can talk a few veterinarian buddies into leaving these guides on their coffee tables.
-Contact the Society and ask them what more you can do to help. I'm not sure how close they are currently, but they will be getting involved in changing legislation efforts and feline nutrition studies - both very worthy but time-consuming endeavors.
-Create your own business-sized cards and pass them out to everyone you come in contact with that may have a pet; strike up a conversation in line at the grocery store (especially if you're in there buying meat for your fur-kids!); at the bank; at school; at work, etc. If you have any parties, include the cards with the party favors. Get creative! Here are my cards, front and back (the back needs updating, petsareforlife.com is no longer active):
-Contact Susan Thixton via
TruthAboutPetFood.com and ask her what help you can provide. She also has some political / regulation activity going on and could use some help.
-Buy as many copies of Susan's book "
Buyer Beware: The crimes, lies and truth about pet food." as you can (they're only $13.95) and pass them out to pet-owning friends, family members, and co-workers. Keep one with you as a "loaner" wherever you go and ask whoever "borrows" it from you to "lend" it forward (so-to-speak *smile*).
These are a few the ways I've spread the word! Hope some of you find them interesting and applicable. :-)
AC