We currently feed our cats Iams, but I'm stopping that because of their horrible testing on animals - I was reading about it today and am appalled.
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Iams - testing on animals not true?
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I contacted IAMS about this subject well over a year ago, and have received several emails from the company since then. This one probably explains it best:
Thema: A message from Cindy Achor at The Iams Company
Datum: 16.04.2003 16:47:43 Westeuropäische Normalzeit
Von: [email protected]
An: [email protected]
Internet-eMail: (Details)
Dear Patricia:
On behalf of Iams president, Jeffrey P. Ansell, thank you for sharing your feelings with us. Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m glad you wrote because it gives me the chance to update you on the events that inspired your message.
On March 25, we learned that nutritional studies being conducted for us at an independent facility in the U.S. may have violated our companyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s strict research policy. On March 26, we completed an unannounced visit of the facility to review procedures and ensure the well-being of dogs and cats at the site. Then on March 27, we made the decision to end all research activities with this facility.
We moved quickly following the visit to the research facility. Although the facility recently passed government inspections (USDA, FDA and the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care), it did not meet our high standards for dog and cat care. As Jeff Ansell has stated, “We believe our research policy represents industry-leading standards of care. These standards are high and they must be met.â€
We worked with the facility to relocate 19 metabolism study dogs to an Iams-owned facility where they will be well cared for and placed in our pet adoption program. In addition, we have launched a full and immediate review of all independent research facilities used by Iams for our pet nutrition studies.
We conduct and sponsor research designed to advance scientific understanding of how superior nutrition can enhance pet health and well-being. We only conduct research with dogs and cats that is equivalent to nutritional or medical studies acceptable on people. We make our decisions based on the well-being of the dogs and cats, and based on compliance with our research policy.
If you would like to read about our research policy in more detail, it is posted on our website at: http://www.iams.com/en_US/jhtmls/faq...&pagetypeid=FQ (or go to www.iamsco.com and access this document through the horizontal navigation bar by clicking onto News/Stories.)
We are deeply committed to dog and cat well-being and our research policy reflects that.
Thank you again for contacting us with your feedback, and for giving us the opportunity to respond. I hope our actions detailed in this message have convinced you that we are worthy of your trust. If you have further questions or concerns, please write back to me. We will also be updating the information on our company web site at www.iamsco.com, when we have more to report.
Sincerely,
Cindy Achor
Group Manager
Iams Consumer Care
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Animal experiments
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I was very perturbed to learn that your products were developed using experiments which ended in the deaths of dogs and cats. I have always been pleased with the quality of Iams and Eukanuba products, but I might very well join those who prefer to buy products where such experimentation was deemed unnecessary and cruel.
Sincerely yours,
Patricia Brandt
Thema: A message from Cindy Achor at The Iams Company
Datum: 16.04.2003 16:47:43 Westeuropäische Normalzeit
Von: [email protected]
An: [email protected]
Internet-eMail: (Details)
Dear Patricia:
On behalf of Iams president, Jeffrey P. Ansell, thank you for sharing your feelings with us. Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m glad you wrote because it gives me the chance to update you on the events that inspired your message.
On March 25, we learned that nutritional studies being conducted for us at an independent facility in the U.S. may have violated our companyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s strict research policy. On March 26, we completed an unannounced visit of the facility to review procedures and ensure the well-being of dogs and cats at the site. Then on March 27, we made the decision to end all research activities with this facility.
We moved quickly following the visit to the research facility. Although the facility recently passed government inspections (USDA, FDA and the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care), it did not meet our high standards for dog and cat care. As Jeff Ansell has stated, “We believe our research policy represents industry-leading standards of care. These standards are high and they must be met.â€
We worked with the facility to relocate 19 metabolism study dogs to an Iams-owned facility where they will be well cared for and placed in our pet adoption program. In addition, we have launched a full and immediate review of all independent research facilities used by Iams for our pet nutrition studies.
We conduct and sponsor research designed to advance scientific understanding of how superior nutrition can enhance pet health and well-being. We only conduct research with dogs and cats that is equivalent to nutritional or medical studies acceptable on people. We make our decisions based on the well-being of the dogs and cats, and based on compliance with our research policy.
If you would like to read about our research policy in more detail, it is posted on our website at: http://www.iams.com/en_US/jhtmls/faq...&pagetypeid=FQ (or go to www.iamsco.com and access this document through the horizontal navigation bar by clicking onto News/Stories.)
We are deeply committed to dog and cat well-being and our research policy reflects that.
Thank you again for contacting us with your feedback, and for giving us the opportunity to respond. I hope our actions detailed in this message have convinced you that we are worthy of your trust. If you have further questions or concerns, please write back to me. We will also be updating the information on our company web site at www.iamsco.com, when we have more to report.
Sincerely,
Cindy Achor
Group Manager
Iams Consumer Care
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Animal experiments
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I was very perturbed to learn that your products were developed using experiments which ended in the deaths of dogs and cats. I have always been pleased with the quality of Iams and Eukanuba products, but I might very well join those who prefer to buy products where such experimentation was deemed unnecessary and cruel.
Sincerely yours,
Patricia Brandt
I feed my cats IAMS. As some people here know, my Hallie has polycystic kidney disease. IAMS is the food she does best on and in fact all my cats do much better on IAMS. I feel the company has taken the moral steps to right any previously known/unknown wrong doings.
You would think that with all the negative publicity that Iams and other big pet food makers have received over the years regarding animal experimentation -- coupled with the fact that there are so many good pet food companies out there that find it unnecessary to do animal experimentation in the name of science to improve the health of our animal companions -- ...well, you would think Iams and its ilk would have the sense to follow suit and change their "research policy".
