Cat food is food manufactured for consumption by cats from the age range of just a few months. Although cats are obligate carnivores, most commercial cat food contains both animal and plant material, supplemented with vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Cat food is formulated to address the specific nutritional requirements of cats, in particular containing the amino acid taurine, as cats cannot thrive on taurine-deficient food and go blind when fed with dog food, for example.

Simple reasons for not feeding your cat vegetarian cat food.

Though cats may survive on a complete vegetarian food the feline cannot produce the required nutrients from such a diet unlike the human beings. Many common ailments that these animals are prone to can be associated with their food. Common skin ailments in the cats are as a result of scarce supply of fatty acids found in animal flesh alone.

More than 27 billion animals are killed for food every year in the U.S. alone. Animals in factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats, including neglect, mutilations, genetic manipulation, drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, a