AR-News: (US) Multinational Company Imprisons Animals to Test Dog and Cat Foods

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

For Immediate Release:
9 February 2004
Contact:
Sean Gifford 44 (0) 20 7357 9229, ext 226; 44 (0) 773 457 9092 (mobile)
Dawn Carr 44 (0) 20 7357 9229, ext 224
Holland – Dressed in prisoner suits and dog and cat masks, activists in three 
Dutch cities will cram themselves into cages to illustrate the misery of 
animals neglected and killed in crude ‘nutrition’ tests conducted by the Procter 
& Gamble (P&G)-owned pet-food company Iams, which also manufacture Eukanuba. 
Concerned PETA Europe members and dog- and cat-food purchasers will also hold 
signs reading, ‘Stop Iams Cruelty’. The protests will mark the official Dutch 
launch of PETA’s international campaign against Iams – similar actions are 
taking place throughout Europe and North America.  
Date: 10 February   
Time: 12 noon sharp
Place: Grote Markt 21, Groningen, near Vroom & Dreesman    
 Date: 11 February
 Time: 12 noon sharp
 Place: Het Raadhuisplein, Apeldoorn
 Date: 12 February
 Time: 12 noon sharp
 Place: Heuvelstraat 1, Tilburg, near Australian Homemade         
 
A recent PETA U.S.A undercover investigation revealed deplorable conditions 
at an Iams contract laboratory in the United States. At least 27 dogs were 
destroyed, while others died of illnesses that went untreated, despite assurances 
from Iams that no animal in any Iams test would ever be deliberately killed. 
Other Iams activities are equally deplorable. A whistleblower at a laboratory 
in Austria reported that dogs used by a vivisector whose salary is purportedly 
funded by Iams, are regularly kicked and beaten and that many become psychotic 
from being confined to small, barren, concrete cells for up to seven years. 
PETA U.S.A’s Iams lab investigation also revealed the following: 




full story:
http://www.petauk.org/newsnew/NewsItem.asp?id=2850 

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