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Originally Posted by 3CrazyYorkies  In the past I have questioned IAMS and Eukanuba representatives at dog shows. I let them know that many people including myself would never use there products because of the animal testing. At the time I was told that the PETA investigation happened over ten years ago and they no longer test on animals. I do not know if this is true or not but think we all need to look at both sides. I don't use either product because I think there are better products out there. |
PETA EXPOSES IAMS? BLOODY DENTAL TESTS ON DOGS AT U OF MISS MEDICAL CENTER
Pet-Food Manufacturer Violates Own Policy Against Making Healthy Animals Sick
For Immediate Release:
March 30, 2005
Contact:
Chris Ford 757-622-7382
Jackson, Miss. ? PETA has obtained documents describing painful Iams-funded experiments on dogs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Roger B. Johnson, a university experimenter, is inducing gingivitis?a painful stage of periodontal disease?in 21 beagles by repeatedly suturing and cutting up their gums in "nutritional" experiments funded by the Dayton, Ohio-based cat- and dog-food manufacturer. The crude experiments received Iams? funding in November 2002 and run through October 2005.
Iams purportedly ordered the experiments to test its "Dental Defense" diets, even though the company promised in June 2002 that it would "not contract for, nor conduct, any study involving surgeries to create or mimic diseases," explicitly stating that it would not fund "any university positions that may be involved in such activities for the study of cat and dog nutrition." Iams? experiment also calls for the dogs to be recycled into other experiments??a blatant violation of the company?s adoption policy.
PETA is demanding that Iams retire the beagles from their barren laboratory cages and place them with a beagle rescue organization and that Iams adopt humane testing alternatives such as collaborative veterinary clinic studies on dogs who have naturally developed gingivitis.
These aren?t the first animals Iams has subjected to painful tests. PETA?s 2003 undercover investigation of an Iams contract laboratory showed that at least 27 dogs were killed, while others died of illnesses that went untreated. PETA?s investigator also found dogs and cats confined to small, barren cages?some for up to six years?and dogs who were silenced by having their vocal cords cut out.
"Iams executives have been lying through their teeth about these cruel experiments for years," says PETA Senior Vice President Mary Beth Sweetland. "Promising not to injure animals and then slicing into their gums and subjecting them to a painful oral disease proves once again that Iams is talking out of both sides of its mouth."
A growing number of veterinary clinics, animal shelters, and pet-supply stores from across the U.S. and Canada are refusing to buy or sell Iams products in protest of Iams? cruel laboratory tests. PETA?s campaign against Iams has also garnered high-profile support from celebrities such as Rue McClanahan, Morrissey, Cindy Margolis, and Chrissie Hynde.
Footage of animals in an Iams contract laboratory is available. For more information, please visit PETA?s Web site IamsCruelty.com.