Because Pets – A Magazine Dedicated to Animal Health

Farmed vs. Cultured Meat: The Shocking Environmental Costs

We won’t mince words: Animal agriculture is bad for the planet. It’s the leading cause of climate change, habitat destruction and the exploitation ...

Why we are continuing to work hard during the COVID-19 pandemic

We value animal health. That's why during the COVID-19 crisis we will continue to ship our immunity-boosting probiotics and our vitamin-loaded cook...

Help For Itching, Scratching and Allergies in Dogs and Cats

We receive a lot of messages asking if our Superfood & Probiotic Supplement (one for dogs and one for cats) will help with pet allergies. Often...

FAQ: The Beneficial Probiotic in our Superfood & Probiotic Supplements For Dogs and Cats

We get a lot of questions about the probiotic in our Superfood & Probiotic Supplements so we thought we’d take a few minutes to answer the most...

Eight Questions for Ellie Laks, founder of The Gentle Barn (and our hero!)

Just over 20 years ago, Ellie Laks founded The Gentle Barn as a refuge and sanctuary for animals who have been rescued from lives of torment, suffe...

This February We're Helping Rescued Farmed Animals

This February Because Animals is donating $1 from each sale to support The Gentle Barn. The Gentle Barn is a sanctuary for animals who have been re...

Why Cultured Meat is More Important Than Ever Going into 2020

24 million hectares have burned in Australia. An estimated one billion animals are dead. Fire seasons will become more frequent and more intense as...

Why Because Animals' loves cultured foods, and, specifically cultured meat

We love cultured food such as probiotics, nutritional yeast and, most significantly, cultured meat, the latter of which will help put a stop to the...

Ask a Vet: Diet Dos and Don’ts for Diarrhea-Prone Dogs

As a small animal veterinarian, I see food-related diarrhea as a common reason dogs find themselves making an unpredicted trip to see me. When thi...

Why is Because Animals called The Cultured Pet Food Company?

All of Because Animals' products - our Superfood & Probiotic Supplements, Noochies organic dog cookies and, our upcoming cultured meat - contai...

Cultured ingredients 101: Fermented food, probiotics, cultured meat

If you’re confused about what the term “cultured” means when it comes to food, then you’re in good company! That term gets used quite a lot these d...

What is cultured meat? A Q&A with our CEO, Dr. Shannon Falconer

Because Animals' CEO and co-founder, Dr. Shannon Falconer, explains what exactly cultured meat is and why the company is creating it for their pet ...