07/27/2005: "Iams"

A special Merlin news report


Do you feed your dog or cat Iams, Hills Science Diet, Pedigree?

You may want to re-think this whole thing!
Please click on the link below.... you'll jump out of your paws!
The Suffering Behind The Science

Brands to Boycott
As mentioned above, the main culprits for cruel and unethical animal testing are the major international 'pet' food businesses.

IAMS / Eukanuba owned by Procter & Gamble
Hills Science Diet owned by Colgate Palmolive
The majority of pet food brands available in the UK are produced by two animal testing companies - "Nestlé Purina/Friskies" and "Pedigree, Masterfoods (Mars Inc)."

Nestlé Purina/Friskies: Alpo, Bonio, Felix, Go Cat, Gourmet, Omega Complete, Proplan, Spillers, Vital Balance, Winalot.
Pedigree, Masterfoods (Mars Inc): Bounce, Cesar, Chappie, Frolic, James Wellbeloved, Katkins, Kitekat, Pal, Pedigree Chum, Royal Canin, Sheba, Techni-cal (US & Canada), Whiskas. Pedigree also manufacture Thomas rabbit food and Trill bird food.

NB Techni-Cal (Europe) although not owned by Pedigree, Masterfoods (Mars Inc) is still a company to boycott as they have not signed up to the BUAV No Animal Testing Standard.

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Chowy Woofs!: 4 Chowy Comments

on Friday, July 29th, Stephanie said

:cry:

How horrible!

Thanks for the info.

Steph
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on Friday, September 16th, Vikki said

Thanks for all the info...I knew about a couple of these but had no idea about the others.Something I'll be sure to pas on to others.
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on Saturday, October 22nd, Candace said

I took a class a couple years ago meant to prepare me for admittance to vet school. It was there that I learned that Hills sends in representatives to teach the nutrition courses at Michigan State University's vet school. I found this disturbing because the school should be hiring an independent source to do their nutrition research. Perhaps Hills teaches the courses at no cost to the University? Hmmm... Fishy. It's no wonder then that vets graduate thinking Science Diet is the complete source of nutrition any dog or cat needs. I'm going to have to go with Dr. Pitcairn on this though (he has a book) and say there is no 1 food that is completely balanced with all the nutrients and vitamins our dogs or cats need. If there was, wouldn't there be the same for people? No, cause it'd taste bland, right?

I'm still searching for my shar-pei puppy. When I find one, I will feed him/her a variety of foods from Dr. Pitcairn's book as well as some holistic dog food brands. But I will never touch the mainstream brands of dogfood again. BTW, Eukanuba used to be a holistic food until Iams bought it out and changed the recipe without telling anyone. Sneaky sneaky!

Ok that's the end of my rambling. Your dogs are SO cute! Give them lots of kissies for me! :)
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on Sunday, October 30th, Jackie said

Have you ever heard of Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul? It is made by Schell & Kampeter,Inc. They are the same people who make Diamond dog food. Does anyone know if they test on animals?
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