‘Protect these animals’: calls grow for tougher Australian pet food standards after 21 dog deaths

The federal government has resisted a push for mandatory standards even as industry, vets and the RSPCA urge change

Pash and Pebbles went off their food on the last Sunday in June.

The retired greyhounds had been on a fresh meat diet since their racing days - Pash, whose black coat has turned silver in his old age, prefers his meat raw, while Pebbles ate hers cooked. Owner Sue Graham had been feeding them the same food, delivered from the same supplier, for years.