Dr Tom Lonsdale

BVetMed MRCVS

Candidate 3 of 8

Proposers

Dr Colin Melbourne, Dr Andrew Stephens

Address and contact details

PO Box 6096, Windsor DC, NSW 2756, Australia

T +61 2 4577 7061

M +61 437 2928 00

E tom@rawmeatybones.com  

W www.rawmeatybones.com

Candidate biography

1967-72 RVC, London.

1972-73 Voluntary Service Overseas, Kenya.

1973-74 London School of Economics.

1974-81 Employed small animal/mixed/zoo practices.

1981-2020 Principal small animal practices.

1980s Creeping realization junk pet foods devastate health.

1991 Blew whistle on junk pet-food/veterinary alliance: Oral Disease in Cats and Dogs.

1992 Presentation to Australian Veterinary Association: Pandemic of Periodontal Disease a Malodorous Condition.

1993 Guest speaker Massey University, New Zealand: Pet Foods Insidious Consequences: A modern veterinary SNAFU.

1993 Dr Douglas Bryden, Director Sydney University Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science commissioned the article: Preventative Dentistry.

1994 Journal of Veterinary Dentistry: Cybernetic Hypothesis of Periodontal Disease in Mammalian Carnivores.

1995 JSAP Periodontal disease and leucopenia.

1997 Nominated by tutors Oliver Graham-Jones and Arthur Hayward for RCVS Elections.

2001 Crikey Media: Poison your pets with multinational offerings.

2001 Raw Meaty Bones: Promote Health (389 pages).

2005 Work Wonders: Feed your dog raw meaty bones (120 pages).

2008 Whistleblowers Australia: Blowing the whistle on the pet-food industry/veterinary/fake animal welfare racket.

2018 Dr Richard Malik, Sydney University Centre for Veterinary Education, commissioned the article: Raw meaty bones essentials.

2018 Submissions and witness to Australian Senate Inquiry on Safety of Pet Foods.

2020 Twenty fourth consecutive RCVS Election.

Candidate manifesto 

Why?

Why are the majority of dogs and cats fed highly processed industrial junk food — each and every day of their lives?

It’s increasingly common knowledge that a processed diet, gum disease and obesity are determinants of inflammation in humans — inflammation triggering a litany of diseases. For dogs and cats it’s arguably much worse.

We know that ripping and tearing at raw meaty bones provides the essential elements, the sine qua non, for carnivore good health:

RAW MEATY BONES   Medicinal modes of action

1. Feeding frenzy — release of endorphins/immune stimulation — therapeutic
2. Physical exercise — release of endorphins/immune stimulation — therapeutic
3. Tooth cleaning — preventative medicine — therapeutic
4. Stimulate gut enzymes and motility — therapeutic
5. Natural food contains intracellular enzymes, auto-digests and is thus pancreas sparing — therapeutic
6. Probiotics, maintenance of the microbiome — therapeutic
7. Substrate conditioning of the colon environment leading to healthy balance of bacteria — therapeutic
8. Behavioural conditioning (avoidance of stress/neurosis) — therapeutic
9. Natural array of biochemicals — nutrition in the commonly used sense and providing all the essential macro and micro nutrients in the appropriate balance for optimal cellular growth, function and repair

We know that nature got it right. Nature teaches that raw meaty bones are the strongest, safest, most gentle, most effective food and medicine for wild and domestic carnivores.  But, perversely, veterinary schools disparage nature’s best medicine and instead promote the alleged benefits of industrial offerings.  Huge multi-national corporations pay hush money to veterinary schools and veterinary associations with devastating consequences for pets, pet owners and the wider community.

What, why, when, how, where and who is going to do something about this enormous breach of trust?

I stand in this 24th consecutive RCVS election, willing, ready and able.

Please send a clear message to the RCVS, veterinary schools and associations.

Please vote for essential change.