AR-News: Global Day Against P&G - May 22nd!

[Lydia Nichols]

Global Day of Action Against Procter & Gamble (P&G) 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 (IDA) and
Uncaged Campaigns to gather activists and concerned citizens across the
world to speak out against P&G's unnecessary animal tests.

If you have not signed up to become a coordinator for Global Day this is
your chance. 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.

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 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. Become a P&G Coordinator today! Start by joining the P&G boycott.
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.

3. Write letters to the editors of your local newspapers and weekly
newspapers. Find a listing of all U.S. newspapers at:
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#10.

4. Please write to Procter & Gamble and inform them you will not buy
their products until P&G ends all testing.

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)
www.PG.com
 
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Also don't forget to contact IAMS "pet" food and inform them that you
will not purchase their products until they stop
conducting cruel animal experiments and encourage them to rely on
laboratory analysis of formulas for nutritional composition
and in-home palatability studies using dogs and cats whose human
companions have volunteered them for such tests. Visit.
www.iamskills.com for more information about IAM's cruelty. 

Jeffrey P. Ansell, President
Iams Company
7250 Poe Ave.
Dayton, OH 45414-5801
1-800-675-3849
937-898-7387
customer.service at iams.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.

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 www.pandgkills.org and http://www.uncaged.co.uk/

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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