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Originally Posted by Ringo1  Holy Crap.
Both Lucy and Ringo are on BB. I finally found a food Lucy likes with a medium to low protein level. (She eats the Senior version).
I'm not sure what to do; sit back and see what happens I guess.
What does Iams do that is cruel? I couldn't bring myself to watch the video. |
I wouldn't worry about it yet just keep an eye out for it and if I find out anything I will definitely let you know. There is a chance P&G won't buy BB or change the ingredients but the problem is that they if they do you will just have to be careful because when they bought out Iams they changed it and didn't put out any information and then dogs got sick.
I wish I had not watched the video!
Here is a little blurb from the website:
Animal Cruelty Allegations
In 2002 and 2003, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) conducted an undercover investigation at Sinclair Research Center, a laboratory contracted by Iams Pet Food.
The investigation uncovered horrendous, inhumane acts of cruelty to dogs and cats.
The investigator found dogs who had literally gone crazy from intense confinement in barren, steel cages and cement cells. The purpose of the "research" was to observe the effects of solitary confinement on a dog!
Many dogs were debarked, while others were left on a filthy floor after chunks of muscle had been hacked from their thighs. Many extremely sick dogs and cats were simply left lying neglected in cages, dying slowly and painfully, alone. No veterinary care or pain relief was provided.
Iams representatives toured the facility, witnessed the events and ... turned a blind eye!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investigated PETA's complaint and cited the laboratory for about 40 violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Sinclair paid a penalty of $33,000.
P&G denied any involvement in the scandal. However, once again, after intense publicity and extreme pressure from PETA, P&G's public relations machine went into damage control. They agreed to begin conducting in-home tests for food and nutrition experiments and even built a separate website designed to explain P&G's version of the "facts".
On another occasion, Iams/Eukanuba also fought the release of information from a university study in which a painful disease was induced in dogs.
In a 2001 Petfood Industry Electronic Newsletter, Diane Hirakawa (Senior Vice President of Iams’ Research & Development) makes an admission, stating, “The lesson learned here is that kennel studies are not an appropriate way to test feeding guidelines because most kennels represent a high-stress … environment. Naturally, in such an environment, dogs may need to consume more food than they would in a home setting.” -
IamsCruelty.com.
However, Iams allegedly still keeps up to 700 dogs in their Dayton, Ohio laboratory for non-invasive nutritional studies. It refuses to give PETA representatives access to the lab and also refuses to end invasive experiments on non dog and cat studies.