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Let me preface this review by saying that I am a vegan, so I'm no cheerleader for the meat, egg, and dairy industries. That said... Despite Gillen's claims, the arguments for feeding cats a vegan diet are founded on emotion, not science. Some well-meaning but misguided vegans think that they have to enforce their ethical system upon their carnivorous companion animals. What they don't seem to realize is that using their absolute power over their animal companions to force them into an unnatural and dangerously inadequate diet is in itself a form of animal exploitation and abuse. Nor does it dawn on them that refusing to buy meat-based pet food has absolutely no effect on the slaughter of farmed animals. Those animals are killed FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION; the meat that goes into pet food is either byproducts, or meat marked for human use. Until humans stop consuming animal flesh, animals will be slaughtered. It's as simple and straightforward as that. Not feeding your obligate carnivore meat is symbolic gesture rather than an effective one. You'd do better to donate the money you'd waste on vegan pet food to an animal advocacy organization like The Fund for Animals or United Poultry Concerns. And if you're an ethical vegan, and you're that bothered by feeding carnivores the meat they physiologically need, do yourself and the animals a favor and adopt a rabbit or guinea pig. Many dogs can and do thrive on vegan or vegetarian diets--they are omnivorous--but cats are true carnivores and *need* meat in their diets. For a cat, a vegan diet is most likely to be a slow and painful death sentence. No amount of energy and good intentions can trump millions of years of evolution. Don't gamble with the health and lives of animals who love you, trust you, and are utterly dependent upon you, just for the sake of ideology.