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From: Pam Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:21 PM
To: feral
Subject: [feral_cats] IAMS cat & dog food
I couldn't get all the way through this. It made me
furious & sick. But even if you read just a little, it should be
enough to convince you to never ever buy anything from IAMS again!From: Pam Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:21 PM
To: feral
Subject: [feral_cats] IAMS cat & dog food
This is horrible! Please spread the word!
Pam
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Subject: Shocking undercover investigation exposes callous cruelty
behind IAMS' lies
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:42:41 -0000
From: "Uncaged Campaigns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Uncaged Campaigns News Release
27 March 2003
Shocking undercover investigation exposes callous cruelty behind IAMS
lies' Dogs and cats neglected and killed in IAMS pet food research
A new nine-month undercover investigation conducted by US group People
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has discovered harrowing
neglect and suffering endured by cats and dogs in IAMS-sponsored
experiments. The damning evidence confirms that IAMS' stated "research
policy" is nothing more than a sham designed to conceal shocking
suffering caused by IAMS experiments on animals.
IAMS' cruelty was first exposed in May 2001 when Uncaged Campaigns
gained a front-page expose of horrific experiments involving the killing
of scores and cats of dogs in IAMS nutrition experiments. IAMS, a
subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, responded with a carefully-coordinated
spin campaign, making unsubstantiated claims in policy statements while
refusing to answer
direct questions. However, their statements are now being investigated
by the UK Advertising Standards Authority following a detailed complaint
by Uncaged Campaigns, who are spearheading a global consumer boycott in
protest at cruel animal tests performed by IAMS and Procter & Gamble.
Dan Lyons, director of Uncaged Campaigns, says:
"The new evidence gained by PETA establishes without doubt that IAMS
have misled consumers, concealing neglect and cruelty for the sake of
commercial greed. We'd like to congratulate PETA on such an important
investigation that confirms what we've always suspected - IAMS are
callous, calculating liars whose only concern is profit."
The investigator, who infiltrated a commercial laboratory in the
Mid-West of the United States, uncovered the killing of 27 IAMS dogs who
had already had chunks of their thigh muscles hacked out. IAMS, who also
produce the Eukanuba brand pet food, had claimed that no cats or dogs
would be killed in research.
Despite regular visits from IAMS representatives, cats and dogs were
housed in inhumane and dangerous laboratory conditions, with little of
the environmental enrichment or care that IAMS had claimed they would
ensure for animals used in their tests.
Just a couple of months ago, dogs in IAMS experiments had their vocal
chords cut out to stop them barking, a cruel and unnecessary mutilation.
Yet IAMS have been pretending that they would only perform procedures
deemed acceptable in human nutritional studies. (A revealing excerpt
from PETA's report is provided below.)
Dan Lyons continues:
"We'll be presenting this information to consumers across the UK and the
world, and it will deal a body blow to IAMS and P&G sales. People
understand that in today's global economy, if they buy a packet of IAMS
from the supermarket in Manchester, they're funding the abuse of animals
in the
mid-west of the USA."
Excerpt from PETA report:
"Our investigator videotaped Iams dogs being dumped on cold concrete
flooring after having huge chunks of muscle cut out of their thighs; a
co-worker instructing her to hit the dogs on the chest if they quit
breathing; another co-worker talking about an Iams dog found dead in his
cage, bleeding from his mouth; a dog limping in pain from Lyme disease;
cruel studies done by Iams involving sticking tubes down dogs' throats
to force them to ingest vegetable oil; Iams dogs with such severe tartar
buildup on their teeth that it was painful for them to eat; vet
technicians with inadequate training and experience performing invasive
procedures; two
co-workers conducting a pregnancy test on a terrified dog lying on top
of a cart with wheels that moved every time she struggled; dogs and cats
gone stir crazy from confinement; dogs and cats in windowless,
dungeon-like buildings; co-workers talking about the live kitten who was
washed down a drain; co-workers talking about how they had to go home
because the ammonia fumes in the animal trailers were so overpowering
that it made their eyes burn (try being one of the animals in those
cages!); and cats kept in a cinderblock room with crude wooden "resting"
boards that had nails sticking out of them. One of the boards fell on a
cat, crushing her to death, while our investigator was there. The lab
director did not remove the boards when the cat was crushed but he did
remove them when he was told the lab was going to be inspected because
he knew they were illegal."
For more details about this expose, visit the PETA website at
http://www.peta.org/feat/iams/fifi.html
For further details of the global boycott IAMS and P&G campaign and what
you can do to help, visit the Uncaged Campaigns website at
www.uncaged.co.uk/iams.htm .
Global Boycott Procter & Gamble Day VII is Saturday 24 May 2003. Contact
Uncaged Campaigns to register your participation in this crusade against
cruelty NOW!
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