Iams cruelty towards animals - Pet owner/lovers PLEASE READ!!!

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 http://www.iamscruelty.com/page/scene/mainvid.jpg Video Footage showing abuse: http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/getvideo.asp?video=iams WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES!!! Iams and P&G and How They Cause Animals to Suffer Needlessly (Excerpts) For nearly 10 months in 2002 and early 2003, a PETA investigator went undercover at an Iams contract testing laboratory and discovered a dark and sordid secret beneath the wholesome image of the dog- and cat-food manufacturer: dogs gone crazy from intense confinement to barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs left piled on a filthy paint-chipped floor after having chunks of muscle hacked from their thighs; dogs surgically debarked; horribly sick dogs and cats languishing in their cages, neglected and left to suffer with no veterinary care… Page source: http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams.asp Why Iams? (Excerpts) For nearly 10 months in 2002 and early 2003, a PETA investigator went undercover at an Iams contract testing laboratory and discovered a dark and sordid secret beneath the wholesome image of the dog- and cat-food manufacturer: dogs gone crazy from intense confinement to barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs left piled on a filthy paint-chipped floor after having chunks of muscle hacked from their thighs; dogs surgically debarked; horribly sick dogs and cats languishing in their cages, neglected and left to suffer with no veterinary care. Iams lied to PETA with promises to improve the conditions for animals in its contract laboratories, even assuring us that enrichment programs were already in place, but our undercover investigator saw otherwise. She fought for six months to have a single cheap, rubber toy placed in each cold, lonely kennel. This is Iams’ idea of enrichment... Page source: http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams.asp http://www.iamscruelty.com/page/slide-maxinelos.jpg Maxine hides in the back of her steel cage and in the gutter of her cement kennel. Maxine has trouble eating when she is locked in the metabolic cage. She was surgically debarked along with 18 other Iams dogs during PETA’s investigation. Iams did nothing to stop Maxine or the others from losing their voices. Click here to see a gallery of misery: http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-photos.asp But Iams Says...(Excerpts) …Desperate to keep customers, Iams has been telling some startling lies. PETA would like to share the animals’ side of the story so that consumers can make informed choices. Iams says that it has cut ties with the U.S. laboratory that we investigated and implemented new policies and thus resolved the problem. The fact that Iams continues to test on thousands of animals proves that the problem is far from resolved. Furthermore, contrary to what its token gesture in dropping this particular laboratory might suggest, Iams knew exactly what was happening there before we publicized our findings. Our investigator videotaped Iams employees visiting the laboratory on at least five separate occasions. They knew that dogs and cats were deprived of socialization, enrichment, toys, and resting boards. It was only after PETA exposed the laboratory’s practices that Iams chose to distance itself from them. The fact that Iams has repeatedly lied about the conditions endured by animals subjected to its tests makes this gesture even more dubious. In 2002, at the very time our investigator was working in an Iams contract laboratory, the company claimed that it never allowed dogs who were used in its tests to be euthanized, that it only conducted tests that were comparable to those acceptable for human beings, and that enrichment programs were already in place in all its labs-all of which turned out to be lies… Page source: http://www.iamscruelty.com/butiamssays.asp Click on the link to go to video scene (more images) breakdown with descriptions: http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-video.asp What you can do: http://www.iamscruelty.com/wycd.asp Companies that don't test on animals: http://www.iamscruelty.com/res.asp I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this before otherwise I would have never bought any Iams product. >:(
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 See... [url=http://www.allforanimals.com/news-sept99.htm]All For Animals[QUOTE][B]PROCTER & GAMBLE BUYS IAMS PET FOOD COMPANY [Source: John Nolan, Associated Press Writer] CINCINNATI (AP) — Procter & Gamble Co., pursuing its previously announced strategy of expanding via acquisition, will buy premium pet food maker Iams Co. for $2.05 billion, its biggest purchase ever. P&G hopes to substantially expand Iams' pet food sales in foreign markets. Iams' international sales now represent about 30 percent of the company's total revenues, even though two-thirds of the global pet nutrition market exists outside of North America, P&G executives said. Sales of premium pet food account for 10 percent of the $25 billion global pet food market. The premium segment is the fastest-growing chunk of the market and Iams is a leader in that category. Iams sells Eukanaba and Iams premium dog and cat foods, dry and canned varieties, in 77 countries. It has annual sales of more than $800 million. As you know, Procter & Gamble is one of the largest manufacturers of consumer products and kills millions of animals every year in antiquated product tests. Contact Procter & Gamble and Iams Company and let them know you will not purchase their products until they cease all animal testing.[/B][/QUOTE] Get in touch with [url=http://www.pg.com/main.jhtml]Procter & Gamble
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 Please note that this is past information and from a lab that was CONTRACTED by Iams that no longer is being used by them... This info is outdated and no longer accurate. Iams addressed this issue and fixed the problem with the contracted lab doing their work.