Shark populations are overfished throughout the world, with declines of more than 70 per cent in the past 50 years. “Given the results of a previous study performed in the U.S., we wanted to see if endangered sharks are also sold in Asian pet food,” said the authors. study in 2019 that found shark meat in 78 pet food samples. “The majority of pet owners are likely lovers of nature, and we think most would be alarmed to discover that they could be unknowingly contributing to the overfishing of shark populations,” said the study authors, Ben Wainwright and Ian French, of Yale-NUS College, Singapore, in a news release. Of the 144 samples taken, 31 percent contained shark DNA. Researchers at Yale-NUS College in Singapore used DNA barcoding to investigate whether there was shark DNA in 45 different pet food products from 16 different brands on sale. Do you know what you are feeding your pet? It turns out ingredients listed on your pet’s favourite food as ‘fish,’ ‘ocean fish,’ or ‘white bait’ could be referring to endangered shark meat.Ī new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science reveals a high prevalence of ingredient mislabelling in pet food products in Singapore.
0 kommentar(er)
