Iams Kills 32 Great Dane Puppies
Recently, at Auburn University, Iams researchers divided 32 Great Dane puppies into three groups, killing two puppies from each group at 4, 6, and 12 months of age to study the effects of adding calcium and phosphorous to their food. The remaining puppies were killed when they were 18 months old.
Iams Kills 32 Great Dane Puppies
How can a company sink so low …?
It seems that Iams officials have a lot more that they're trying to hide. And who can blame them?
During one recent study that took place at Auburn University, Iams researchers divided 32 Great Dane puppies into three groups. They killed two puppies from each group at 4, 6, and 12 months of age to study the effects of adding calcium and phosphorous to their food. They killed the remaining puppies when they were 18 months old.
The experiment was documented by Iams in a paper entitled "Influence of Dietary Calcium and Phosphorous Content in a Fixed Ratio on Growth and Development in Great Danes," published in the July 2002 edition of the American Journal of Veterinary Research (63:7, 1036-1047). We called Iams officials to ask them to tell us when the Great Dane puppies were killed, but they refused. Remember, in its June 2001 policy, Iams swore that it would never conduct experiments that resulted in the death of any animal.
Two scientists involved in the study, Allan J. Lepine and Gregory A. Reinhart, are high-ranking Iams experimenters with long histories of performing cruel and deadly experiments on animals.
Why does Iams keep these and so many other animal experimenters on staff? And why did Iams recently hire Dr. Glen Hoffsis, another animal experimenter, as its director of veterinary services?
The answer may lie in a presentation given by Dan Carey, Iams' director of technical communications, at an industry forum, in which he stated that Iams would continue laboratory experiments on animals.
Please tell Iams that it must end all laboratory studies on animals and conduct only in-home studies with dogs and cats who are volunteered by their guardians. Even more importantly, if you are buying Iams food for your animal companions or if anyone you know is doing so, please stop or ask them to stop, and make sure that Iams knows that you're no longer buying while animals are dying.
http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-feat-32Puppies.asp
Iams Kills 32 Great Dane Puppies
How can a company sink so low …?
It seems that Iams officials have a lot more that they're trying to hide. And who can blame them?
During one recent study that took place at Auburn University, Iams researchers divided 32 Great Dane puppies into three groups. They killed two puppies from each group at 4, 6, and 12 months of age to study the effects of adding calcium and phosphorous to their food. They killed the remaining puppies when they were 18 months old.
The experiment was documented by Iams in a paper entitled "Influence of Dietary Calcium and Phosphorous Content in a Fixed Ratio on Growth and Development in Great Danes," published in the July 2002 edition of the American Journal of Veterinary Research (63:7, 1036-1047). We called Iams officials to ask them to tell us when the Great Dane puppies were killed, but they refused. Remember, in its June 2001 policy, Iams swore that it would never conduct experiments that resulted in the death of any animal.
Two scientists involved in the study, Allan J. Lepine and Gregory A. Reinhart, are high-ranking Iams experimenters with long histories of performing cruel and deadly experiments on animals.
Why does Iams keep these and so many other animal experimenters on staff? And why did Iams recently hire Dr. Glen Hoffsis, another animal experimenter, as its director of veterinary services?
The answer may lie in a presentation given by Dan Carey, Iams' director of technical communications, at an industry forum, in which he stated that Iams would continue laboratory experiments on animals.
Please tell Iams that it must end all laboratory studies on animals and conduct only in-home studies with dogs and cats who are volunteered by their guardians. Even more importantly, if you are buying Iams food for your animal companions or if anyone you know is doing so, please stop or ask them to stop, and make sure that Iams knows that you're no longer buying while animals are dying.
http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-feat-32Puppies.asp