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There's multiple vegan brands for dogs and cats feed. If it looks "unnatural" I suggest some reflexions:

    - Most kibble's ingredients are not naturals
    - Most of the kibble's flesh comes from a non-natural production
    - Your pet health (and your own health) require some "nutrients" instead of "food types"

Agree 100% societal decisions are more important than individual ones. However the choice in question could be made as it's not doing (pet ownership). Don't take it personal, OP is not telling you what to do or blaming anyone but instead share some data. As you said: enjoy your life :)

PS: price-wise they tends to be in the premium range. If your cat already has allergies and special kibbles for that, vegan kibbles are in the same price range and are particularly good for that condition.

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You should never restrict a cat to a vegan diet. That is very unhealthy for them.

Let me cite yourself:

> If you have data that supports this assertion, show it.

Aside personal anecdotic evidences of cats thriving after +10 years of vegetal feed, here's some:

> Considering these results overall, cats fed vegan diets tended to be healthier than cats fed meat-based diets. This trend was clear and consistent. These results largely concur with previous, similar studies

> In most cases differences between dietary groups were not statistically significant

[2023, 127 cats in the vegetal group] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjourn...

I admit that's not much, but If you think about it there's no reason a carnivore may not live healthy if provided the right nutrients, whatever the sources. Those nutrients are already well studied -especially for one of the two most common pet- and generously added in kibble because the base is often poorly balanced.

That's observational, self-reported data. In other words, completely worthless.