12/01/03 "Cats" and "Dogs" Against Iams

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Multinational Company Imprisons Animals to Test Dog and Cat Foods

Zagreb - Dressed in prisoner suits and dog and cat masks, activists will cram themselves into cages to illustrate the misery of animals neglected and killed in crude "nutrition" tests conducted by the Procter & Gamble (P&G)-owned pet-food company Iams, which also manufacture Eukanuba. Concerned PETA and Animal Friends members and dog- and cat-food purchasers will also hold signs reading, "Stop Iams Animal Tests." The protest will mark the Croatian launch of PETA's international campaign against Iams - similar actions are taking place throughout Europe and North America.

Date: Monday, December 1
Time: 12 noon-1 P.M.
Place: Corner of Gajeva and Bogoviceva ulica, in front of Hotel Dubrovnik

A recent PETA undercover investigation revealed deplorable conditions at an Iams contract laboratory in the United States. At least 27 dogs were destroyed, while others died of illnesses that went untreated, despite assurances from Iams that no animal in any Iams test would ever be deliberately killed. Other Iams activities are equally deplorable. A whistleblower at a laboratory in Austria reported that dogs used by a vivisector whose salary is purportedly funded by Iams, are regularly kicked and beaten and that many become psychotic from being confined to small, barren, concrete cells for up to seven years. PETA's Iams lab investigation also revealed the following:

"Iams is cruelly imprisoning dogs and cats in real-life tests while feeding its customers a fiction about caring for animals," says PETA Director Dawn Carr. "New companion-animal foods need to be tested at home, not on caged, lonely prisoner dogs and cats in laboratories hidden from the public."

Broadcast-quality footage of animals in an Iams contract laboratory will be available on site. For more information, please visit PETA's Web site IamsCruelty.com.

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