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03-25-2005, 01:48 PM
Click on the link to view VIDEO FOOTAGE of PETA's investigation. (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
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
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http://www.iamscruelty.com/page/scene/1.jpg (http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-video.asp)
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I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this before otherwise I would have never bought any Iams product. :mad:
NOTE: Since this has been posted on 3 other threads in different forums if administrator feel this is violating any forum rules, please close the thread and post a link for others to go to.
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
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 image below to go to video scene (more images) breakdown with descriptions: (http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-video.asp)
http://www.iamscruelty.com/page/scene/1.jpg (http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-video.asp)
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I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this before otherwise I would have never bought any Iams product. :mad:
NOTE: Since this has been posted on 3 other threads in different forums if administrator feel this is violating any forum rules, please close the thread and post a link for others to go to.