Ik zat net effe op PETA te zoeken, en de hele IAMS boycott is al 'n paar jaar geleden...
maar kwam dit tegen van vorige week en zegd mij genoeg..
Nog meer lezen?
Published : 1 week, 6 days ago (Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:52:28 PDT)
Iams vs PETA
So my daughter emailed Iams. She wanted to let them know that we would not be using their food because of their supporting research done on animals. (To be honest though, we wouldn't feed our dogs Iams anyway.)
She found some of her information here:
http://www.petakids.com/iams.html
and
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=iams
(and no, neither my daughter or myself are members of PETA, or supporters of Iams, she was just curious.)
Iams answered her email, and this was their response, I just thought I would share it. I hope it's ok to post, if it is not, let me know and I will delete the post. Anyway, here it is for those of you who may be interested:
Dear ...:
Thank you for taking the time to contact us about our nutritional
feeding
studies. You've received some incorrect and outdated information. An
extreme
activist organization continues a misleading campaign featuring footage
that's more than a year and a half old of a facility we no longer use.
This
inaccurate account includes examples of dogs and cats that were not
part of
our studies, and makes claims of activities that we never authorized.
We want to be perfectly clear: we will not fund or participate in any
study
requiring or resulting in the euthanasia of cats or dogs. This
principle is
just one of eight points in our strict research policy that is approved
by
an independent Animal Care Advisory Board. The members of our Advisory
Board
are from respected animal welfare organizations such as the ASPCA and
the
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). We chose these individuals
because they share our interest in reducing, refining, and replacing
animals
in research.
In addition, the Advisory Board conducts unannounced visits to review
the
care and welfare of the dogs and cats participating in our feeding
studies
at our internal and external sites.
To see a summary of recent facility reports, to view video footage of
animals in our care, or to review our research policy, please visit our
web
site at
www.iamstruth.com.
You can also see a facility report by utilizing the following URL:
www.aspca.org/iams
Other important information we'd like to share:
We support the ultimate elimination of laboratory feeding studies as
scientifically valid alternatives become available. We have appointed
Dr.
Len Sauers to lead the development of alternatives to dog and cat
feeding
studies. Many don't know that beyond a few palatability (taste)
studies, no
other in-home nutritional feeding study methods have been validated. We
already use 17 alternative methods, including a non-animal option for
gastrointestinal studies and a non-animal method for measuring tartar
build-up.
We are taking full responsibility for the destiny of all dogs and cats
that
participate in our feeding studies at both internal and external sites.
Our
dogs and cats are adopted into loving homes when their help is no
longer
needed, including our retirement facility, which is a place where they
can
live their lives happily with love and affection from their human
counterparts. We know of no other company that is taking this level of
responsibility for the ongoing well-being of all the dogs and cats they
work
with.
By October 2006 we will transition our nutritional feeding studies to
be
limited to three locations for feeding studies: in pet owners' homes,
at the
Iams Pet Health and Nutrition center, and in organizations, like animal
shelters and groups that provide assistance dogs to people in need. We
are
making a significant investment in new facilities at our Pet Health and
Nutrition Center, which will enable us to create an ideal environment
while
ensuring the care and welfare of the dogs and cats who help us in our
feeding studies.
We are proactively sharing the Iams Welfare Program for dogs and cats
in an
effort to make it the norm. An Iams Behaviorist has shared our
socialization
and enrichment program with shelters, veterinarians and others to
illustrate
that it's possible to enrich and socialize in such an environment. In
addition, we recently presented our program to others in the pet food
industry. We are committed to continual improvement in this area and
are
looking to adopt best practices in animal care and nutritional research
wherever they are created. We will continue to actively search and
reapply
good ideas from around the world.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact us and for giving us the
opportunity to respond with the facts. If you need further information
or have specific questions,
please visit the Web site or contact Consumer Care
at 800-525-4267. One of our advisors will be more than happy to speak
with you about this very important issue.
Sincerely,
Iams Consumer Care, North America
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dan ben je als dierenrechtenorganisatie je doel voorbij geschoten.
