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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 245885" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's certainly worthwhile to also read the Snopes link. THanks for including it, Star. The report about the young lab Calypso who ate the mulch and died - was that someone you personally know, or was it the email sent to you? Because it sounds like the case described in Snopes, which manufacturers claim is the only case they know about.</p><p></p><p>We don't get cocoa mulch here - I wish we did. Pets on the loose are a huge problem for us here, they go feral and kill wildlife. mother in law has Brushtail Possums living in her garage and a neighbour's cat keeps coming into mother in law's place (despite fences and gates) and killing the possums, leaving bodies everywhere. Some even rarer Ringtail Possums have also been killed by the cat - often it's a mother possum with babies that mother in law finds mangled on the lawn. </p><p></p><p>So if using cocoamulch would do something about this uncontrolled cat (and its friends), mother in law would be happy to use it. So would I, even though I do love animals (including dogs and cats). mother in law keeps her gates shut, her fences in good order, so any animal getting in there has no right to be there. I'll have to check - I haven't heard of marsupials having a problem with theobromine.</p><p></p><p>A couple of points made on Snopes - dogs and cats have to eat a fair bit of theobromine before it kills them, and it would mean they'd have to eat a fair bit of mulch. </p><p>Also, if you check the packet of mulch, you should be able to find one that is theobromine-free. And that would be the best of both worlds - using mulch on your garden that is a waste product helps your garden as well as helps cut down on environmentla waste; and having your garden smell of chocolate! Wow!</p><p></p><p>So if there are bags of theobromine-loaded cocamulch that you guys don't want to use - ship them over here to Australia. Our National Parks & Wildlife Service will happily use it, it will cut down on the rangers having to go out with guns to shoot feral dogs and cats running wild in the bush. </p><p></p><p>I know that sounds terrible, but the wrong animal in the wrong place can do devastating damage. </p><p>Example: I LOVE our Brushtailed Possums, but they don't belong in New Zealand, where they are in damaging plague proportions wiping out rare and endangered birds and destroying a lot of precious plants. So we happily bought some NZ possum fur products (NZ possum fur is the only fur trade endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund).</p><p></p><p>So maybe we can come up with some creative options to help out Hershey's AND help remedy an environmental problem?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 245885, member: 1991"] It's certainly worthwhile to also read the Snopes link. THanks for including it, Star. The report about the young lab Calypso who ate the mulch and died - was that someone you personally know, or was it the email sent to you? Because it sounds like the case described in Snopes, which manufacturers claim is the only case they know about. We don't get cocoa mulch here - I wish we did. Pets on the loose are a huge problem for us here, they go feral and kill wildlife. mother in law has Brushtail Possums living in her garage and a neighbour's cat keeps coming into mother in law's place (despite fences and gates) and killing the possums, leaving bodies everywhere. Some even rarer Ringtail Possums have also been killed by the cat - often it's a mother possum with babies that mother in law finds mangled on the lawn. So if using cocoamulch would do something about this uncontrolled cat (and its friends), mother in law would be happy to use it. So would I, even though I do love animals (including dogs and cats). mother in law keeps her gates shut, her fences in good order, so any animal getting in there has no right to be there. I'll have to check - I haven't heard of marsupials having a problem with theobromine. A couple of points made on Snopes - dogs and cats have to eat a fair bit of theobromine before it kills them, and it would mean they'd have to eat a fair bit of mulch. Also, if you check the packet of mulch, you should be able to find one that is theobromine-free. And that would be the best of both worlds - using mulch on your garden that is a waste product helps your garden as well as helps cut down on environmentla waste; and having your garden smell of chocolate! Wow! So if there are bags of theobromine-loaded cocamulch that you guys don't want to use - ship them over here to Australia. Our National Parks & Wildlife Service will happily use it, it will cut down on the rangers having to go out with guns to shoot feral dogs and cats running wild in the bush. I know that sounds terrible, but the wrong animal in the wrong place can do devastating damage. Example: I LOVE our Brushtailed Possums, but they don't belong in New Zealand, where they are in damaging plague proportions wiping out rare and endangered birds and destroying a lot of precious plants. So we happily bought some NZ possum fur products (NZ possum fur is the only fur trade endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund). So maybe we can come up with some creative options to help out Hershey's AND help remedy an environmental problem? Marg [/QUOTE]
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