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Please spare a thought for the countless cats, dogs, mice, chicks, and rabbits languishing in Iams laboratories. These poor creatures are forced to undergo cruel, and often invasive, procedures none of which are required by any law .
Beneath the wholesome image of the dog- and cat-food manufacturer, a 10-month PETA undercover investigation into an Iams contract laboratory revealed a dark and sordid secret: routine neglect and misery.
Abuses include the following:
Dogs dumped on cold concrete flooring after huge chunks of muscle were cut from their thighs27 of the 60 dogs were killed, and two others were later found dead in their cages
Dogs and cats gone stir-crazy from confinement in windowless, dungeon-like buildings
A procedure in which tubes were stuck down dogs' throats to force them to ingest vegetable oil
Dogs with such severe tartar build-up on their teeth that it was painful for them to eat
Vet technicians with inadequate training and experience performing invasive procedures
Our investigator videotaped Iams representatives visiting the laboratory, witnessing the animals in these abusive conditions, and doing nothing. When PETA went public with the evidence, Iams officials lied and said that they had no idea what conditions were like inside the laboratory that their own staff regularly visited! Iams then cut ties with the lab.
Iams and its owner, Procter & Gamble, still contract with outside laboratories like the one in our investigation. Iams also conducts experiments on animals in its own laboratory in the U.S. Iams says that, by October 2006, it intends to move all testing to its own facilityaway from prying eyesand will more than double the number of dogs and cats in its cages.
At the March 2004 Pet Food Forum, Iams spokesperson Dan Carey stated that he believed that dogs and cats could spend their entire lives in cages for laboratory studies. Iams' current welfare program states that dogs and cats need only receive a paltry 30 minutes a day, five days a week, of cage-free time (with no such provision during the weekend). This means approximately 165 hours a week of unrelieved anxiety, fear, boredom, depression, lack of social contact, and inadequate exercise for these naturally gregarious and fun-loving animals.
Compassionate dog-and cat-food manufacturers have proved, time and again, that reliable tests can be done humanely in a home environment or veterinary clinic with dogs and cats volunteered by their human companions. Iams can do the same.
More and more consumers are deciding that they are sick of Iams' cruelty to animals and are boycotting the company's products.
http://www.iamscruelty.com/
Beneath the wholesome image of the dog- and cat-food manufacturer, a 10-month PETA undercover investigation into an Iams contract laboratory revealed a dark and sordid secret: routine neglect and misery.
Abuses include the following:
Dogs dumped on cold concrete flooring after huge chunks of muscle were cut from their thighs27 of the 60 dogs were killed, and two others were later found dead in their cages
Dogs and cats gone stir-crazy from confinement in windowless, dungeon-like buildings
A procedure in which tubes were stuck down dogs' throats to force them to ingest vegetable oil
Dogs with such severe tartar build-up on their teeth that it was painful for them to eat
Vet technicians with inadequate training and experience performing invasive procedures
Our investigator videotaped Iams representatives visiting the laboratory, witnessing the animals in these abusive conditions, and doing nothing. When PETA went public with the evidence, Iams officials lied and said that they had no idea what conditions were like inside the laboratory that their own staff regularly visited! Iams then cut ties with the lab.
Iams and its owner, Procter & Gamble, still contract with outside laboratories like the one in our investigation. Iams also conducts experiments on animals in its own laboratory in the U.S. Iams says that, by October 2006, it intends to move all testing to its own facilityaway from prying eyesand will more than double the number of dogs and cats in its cages.
At the March 2004 Pet Food Forum, Iams spokesperson Dan Carey stated that he believed that dogs and cats could spend their entire lives in cages for laboratory studies. Iams' current welfare program states that dogs and cats need only receive a paltry 30 minutes a day, five days a week, of cage-free time (with no such provision during the weekend). This means approximately 165 hours a week of unrelieved anxiety, fear, boredom, depression, lack of social contact, and inadequate exercise for these naturally gregarious and fun-loving animals.
Compassionate dog-and cat-food manufacturers have proved, time and again, that reliable tests can be done humanely in a home environment or veterinary clinic with dogs and cats volunteered by their human companions. Iams can do the same.
More and more consumers are deciding that they are sick of Iams' cruelty to animals and are boycotting the company's products.
http://www.iamscruelty.com/
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Allan H
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Frank G
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- I abhor cruelty to animals - but still have no idea what "iams" is or stands for if it's an acronym. Spell it out!
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Gail M
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- You should be ashamed of yourselves. Promoting good nutrtion for these animals and then participating in such cruelty by looking the other way. It is time our governments put their foot down and severlely punished animal abuse to the fullest extent of the law.
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SHARON LYNN P
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- I'll never purchase your products again unless it is proven that you have stopped your cruelty to any and all animals. SHAME ON YOU !!!
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mary kay j
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- animals can't care for selves/cruelty is inhuman!
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Claudia J. F
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- Horrible, shame on you! You should have to undergo half of what you put the animals through & then see how you feel.
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- Shame, Shame, Shame!
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Janelle
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- I thought I was doing my dog a favor by buying Iams, but have since learned about the cruel testing taking place, not to mention the lack of nutrition your product actually provides. It disgusts me. How can you people sleep at night? I will never buy Iams again, and am spreading the word about the truth of your product.
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Toby R
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- I will not be buying any IAMS products now or in the future. This a terrible thing to happen to innocent and defenseless animals.
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Ashleigh S
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- I will not be buying Iams again. You have lost a customer who currently has 11 cats and 2 dogs, and who has had over 50 pets in the last 20 years who were fed Iams. You do the math.
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Donna S
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- Dogs are like children. These pets trust and rely on people to care for them, not inure them.
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Guadalupe P
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- I will never buy Iams products!! Not until they stop their animal jails!
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- Your protest of Iams unfound and pointless. Best Dogfood manufact in the world
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Jennifer H
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John C
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- If you wouldn't do it to your own child then don't do it to an animal..
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Jordan r
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- How could you???
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alessandrini
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poli-riviиre m
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- strop cruelty!
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Neil C
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- WIll never ever buy Iams again
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marguerite A
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- Je soutiens йnergiquement votre action !
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FITREMANN D
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Karen P
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- u people are pathetic. I will never ever buy a Iams product again and I will make sure that everyone that I know wont buy either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jenna T
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- I will never buy any of your products for my pets as long as this shocking cruelty to animals continues.
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LEGALLE
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- Cessez les tests sur les animaux
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gerry q
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- this vidio made me sick to my stomach, there must be another way of testing.
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Brenda S
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- I will no longer purcase any Iams products and am sickened by a company that sells pet food to animal lovers, while at the same time having no regard for the humane treatment of animals. Shame on you.
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Lewis D
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- boycotting your products
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