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On 29 February 2016, Punkin' Pawz Palace Cat Sanctuary published a since-deleted status update warning to Facebook, claiming: The warning garnered tens of thousands of shares in a few days, causing alarm among cat owners. Several worried and angry users posted to the Facebook wall of Temptations and in response to one such comment, the brand stated they became aware of the claim on 2 March 2016: The brand also addressed the claims on Twitter: We checked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Animal & Veterinary Recalls & Withdrawals database for any information about Temptations cat treats, but were unable to locate any matching entries; a similar veterinarians' database of pet-related recalls listed no entries related to the product. Anecdotal reports of renal failure attributed to Temptations appeared on consumer complaint sites and were reproduced on cat owners' message boards, but those reports were unsubstantiated. When pets suddenly fall ill, their owners can be quick to blame the last food consumed or product to which they were exposed, but it's often difficult to figure out whether other factors were definitively ruled out, or how such a conclusion was reached. It's also not uncommon for claims to be repeated across multiple platforms, creating the impression of myriad reports based upon a single source rumor. When that happens, suspicious pet owners who turned to Google will infer that their concerns reflected a widespread pattern, rather than reiterations of widely repeated rumors. On 2 March 2016, the page deleted the Temptations cat treats warning and stated: We were unable to turn up any substantiated complaints of renal failure in cats attributed to (or deemed likely caused by) Temptations treats. On 3 March 2016, Temptations responded to our query, noting that the pet snacks were manufactured in Canada (not China, as many Facebook users speculated) and thus subject to stringent oversight:
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