AR-News: P&G Global Day - May 22, 2004

Tue Apr 27 17:15:42 EDT 2004

Global Day of Action Against Procter & Gamble 
Saturday, May 22nd 

As World Week for Animals in Laboratories wraps up, we are working to
continue exposing the horrific practices of animal testing. Global Day
of Action Against Procter & Gamble is Saturday, May 22nd and marks the
9th Annual Global Boycott of P&G! This international event is
coordinated internationally by In Defense of Animals and Uncaged
Campaigns to gather activists and concerned citizens across the world to
speak out against P&G's unnecessary animal tests.

As the date draws nearer, and as P&G continues to mislead consumers
about its animal-testing practices, it becomes more and more urgent for
IDA to reach as many active, dedicated individuals as possible with
correct information about P&G and the truth about their continued tests
on animals. 

Each year, thousands of animals die in Procter & Gamble

laboratories- the victims of painful, archaic and entirely unnecessary
product tests. Caustic chemicals are forced into the eyes of rabbits and
applied to animals' shaved and raw skin. 

Laboratory workers place the animals in restraining devices so they
cannot struggle while the workers apply the chemicals, which burn into
the animals' eyes and skin. P&G "scientists" do not sedate the animals
or give them pain killers. 

Animals sometimes break their necks or backs attempting to escape the
pain. Those that survive are used in yet additional painful tests ...
until they are finally killed. The victims include rabbits, guinea pigs,
hamsters, ferrets and other animals.

P&G refuses to stop testing its products on animals, despite the fact
that these tests are not required by any law, and despite the fact that
more reliable and humane alternatives do exist. P&G also lobbied against
the European Union's efforts to ban animal tests, resulting in a delay
in the ban taking effect.

These animals need your help! Get involved! Organize an action in your
city against P&G. Your help will make a difference. 

IDA has great materials urging consumers "Don't Buy The Lie" P&G
continues to tell about its continued use of animals in testing and
research. View the complete list of new "Don't Buy The Lie" products at
<http://www.pandgkills.com/you/merch.html>
http://www.pandgkills.com/you/merch.html . 

To get the word out to as many people as possible, we suggest leafleting
outside a centrally located supermarket stocking lots of P&G products.
Protesters can also collect P&G products from friends and neighbors and
return them, demanding a refund because of P&G's animal-testing policy.
This makes for a potential media story as well, so let local newspapers
and television and radio stations know what you're up to. (For tips on
making the news and working with the media, visit
<http://www.idausa.org/ir/activist/makenews.html>
http://www.idausa.org/ir/activist/makenews.html . 

P&G is a multi-billion dollar corporation that, despite the development
of more advanced methodologies continues to blind, poison and kill
animals unnecessarily to test deodorants, laundry detergents and other
products. More than 500 other companies, including Estee Lauder, Amway,
Revlon and The Body Shop, manufacture and develop safe products without
animal testing. 

What you can do:

1. Buy only cruelty-free products. Get in the habit of checking the
backs of product labels to find out what company makes the product you
are buying and look for statements that the product was not tested on
animals. Use our free cruelty-free list

( <http://www.pandgkills.com/boycott/cruelty_free.html>
http://www.pandgkills.com/boycott/cruelty_free.html) to find out which
companies do not test on animals, and buy only products from companies
on that list. Encourage your friends and family members to do the same.

2. Join the P&G boycott today. Refuse to buy P&G products. Help spread
the word to others. Circulate educational brochures, available through
IDA, to your family, friends, co-workers and others in your community.
View the latest brochures and bumper stickers here. Contact IDA for
copies to distribute.View our materials online at
<http://www.idausa.org/ir/recreading2.html>
http://www.idausa.org/ir/recreading2.html .

3. Write letters to the editors of your local newspapers and weekly
newspapers. Find a listing of all U.S. newspapers at:
<outbind://79/www.usnpl.com> www.usnpl.com . Make sure to let us know if
your letter gets printed. Below is a sample, though using your own words
is strongly encouraged. For tips on effective letter-writing, visit:
<http://www.idausa.org/ir/activist/makenews.html>
http://www.idausa.org/ir/activist/makenews.html#10. 

4. Please write to Procter & Gamble CEO, A.G. Lafley, and let him know
that until P&G ends all testing, you will boycott their products.

A.G. Lafley
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Procter & Gamble
1 Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45202
1-800-543-1745
513-983-9369 (fax)
 <outbind://79/www.PG.com> www.PG.com

5. Encourage students to ask their school cafeterias to no longer sell
Procter & Gamble products, such as Pringles or Sunny Delight, and to use
only cruelty-free cleaning products. Creating a petition for students to
sign is a great approach.

6. Call and write any companies that currently test products on animals.
Let them know you will not purchase their products until they adopt
corporate policies against animal testing. Most companies have toll-free
800 numbers that you can call at the company's expense!

7. Write to your congressional representatives and ask them to support
any legislation that would discourage companies from using animals for
safety tests or that calls for alternatives to animal testing. Visit our
online action center to look up your representatives at
<http://ga0.org/indefenseofanimals/home.html>
http://ga0.org/indefenseofanimals/home.html .

If you have any questions about the Procter & Gamble campaign, need help
planning an event, or want to register your event on our website, please
email us at alerts at idausa.org.

Help us help animals! Join Global Day of Action Against Procter &
Gamble! Visit  <http://www.pandgkills.org> www.pandgkills.org or
<http://www.uncaged.co.uk/> http://www.uncaged.co.uk/ .

PS: Don't forget to watch out for our WWAIL post report coming in a few
days.

Lydia Nichols
National Grassroots Coordinator
In Defense of Animals - DC Office
1629 Columbia Rd NW, Suite 326
Washington, DC 20009
202.328.0736
lydia at idausa.org

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