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  • From: Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>
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  • Subject: [Homestead] Fwd: COCOA MULCH IS POISONOUS TO DOGS AND CATS
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:13:57 -0400

Homesteaders,

I have not checked into this, but even though most of us are unlikely to use this stuff, here it is:



Begin forwarded message:

Begin forwarded message: Discovered in 2003, updated and verified in July of 2007.

Still dogs are dying.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp


WARNING - DO NOT USE COCOA MULCH IF YOU OWN PETS OR IF YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE PETS...

DON'T USE THAT COCOA MULCH!

A BYPRODUCT MADE BY THE HERSHEY COMPANY IN MEXICO...

PLEASE READ AND HEED the following information:

Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient called 'Theobromine'. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of caution, check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of what your gardeners are using in your gardens.

Theobromine is the ingredient that is used to make all chocolate especially dark or baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs.

Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.

Please email the manufacturer at michellemessick AT hersheys.com and request that accurate information about this product be posted on the packaging to avoid further tragedy.

PLEASE GIVE THIS THE WIDEST DISTRIBUTION !!! .




Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180






  • [Homestead] Fwd: COCOA MULCH IS POISONOUS TO DOGS AND CATS, Roy Morgan, 06/11/2008

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