Pet Food and Animal Testing

PLEASE BOYCOTT IAMS

and let them know how you feel.

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You obviously want to feed your cat the best. But are you aware of what goes on behind the scenes?

Many (in fact the majority of) brands of cat food are either DIRECTLY involved with invasive tests on animals, or are owned by companies which do such tests.

IAMS/Eukaneuba and Hill's Science Plan are two of the main culprits.
As reported in the Sunday Mirror 26th January 2002:

Hills Pet Nutrition (Hills scientific and Hills Prescription diets):
-Fed puppies a special diet as part of a 5-week trial. Their claws, testes and teeth were removed for zinc analysis . "It is believed the dogs then died or were put down"

IAMS company An experiment commissioned by IAMS involved inducing kidney failure in 28 female kittens. Each then had a kidney removed. The surgery killed two of the kittens, others suffered weight loss and severe vomiting, then were put down by lethal injection

IAMS (again) 15 beagles had their bowels cut out for analysis before being destroyed.

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CRUELTY-FREE PET FOODS

For those who wish to ensure that they feed their pets without cruelty, Naturewatch's list of pet foods (from their "Compassionate Shopper Guide" 8th edition) which are produced by companies with links to animal testing is reproduced below.

"The pet food market is dominated by 4 major companies: Colgate-Palmolive; Mars Inc. (Pedigree); Nestle (Friskies Petcare); and Proctor & Gamble. These companies have all been involved with animal testing of their pet food products in some way and both Nestle and Proctor & Gamble are the subject of boycotts by animal welfare and other campaigning organisations for their animal-testing policies and other practices"

Companies which are involved in Animal Testing:

BRAND

Arthurs
Bakers Complete
Bonus
Bonio
Bounce
Brekkies
Cesar
Chappie
Chunky
Eukanuba
Felix
Fido
Friskies Petcare
Go Cat
Go Dog
Gourmet
Hill's Science Diet
Iams
James Wellbeloved
Katkins
Kitekat
Pal
Pedigree Chum
Purina / Purina Pro Plan
Royal Canin
Sheba
Thomas (rabbit food)
Trill (bird food)
Vital Balance
Whiskas
Winalot

PARENT COMPANY

Friskies, Nestle
Ralston Purina, Nestle
Friskies, Nestle
Friskies, Nestle
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Friskies, Nestle
Procter & Gamble
Friskies, Nestle
Friskies, Nestle
Friskies, Nestle
Friskies, Nestle
Friskies, Nestle
Friskies, Nestle
Colgate Palmolive
Proctor & Gamble
Royal Canin, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Ralston Purina, Nestle
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Friskies, Nestle
Pedigree, Mars Inc.
Friskies, Nestle

Naturewatch also list animal-friendly pet food companies. Not all companies respond to surveys so this should not be considered an exhaustive list.

"Naturewatch is satisfied that the following companies carry out pet food product testing in a way that does not compromise the welfare of the animals used. We will be researching supermarket own-brand pet foods in the near future; for up-to-date information please contact the Naturewatch office" (you can click the link at the bottom of this list to contact Naturewatch)

Companies with no involvement in animal testing:

BRAND

Bestfriend
Cat Stars
Cats Delight
Davies range
Good Boy Treats
Good Girl Treats
Goshiki (fish food)
Green Ark
Happidog
Pascoe's
Wafcol range
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PARENT COMPANY

Pets Choice
Pets Choice
Pets Choice
Pets Choice
Armitage Brothers
Armitage Brothers
Pets Choice
Stopped tests in 1996
Primetime Petfoods
Primetime Petfoods
Armitage Brothers
Pets Choice

Note from Cat Concerns: According to other information recieved, "Butchers" pet foods have no links with animal-testing. i.e "Butchers Classic" tinned cat food.

THAT'S ALL VERY WELL...BUT SOME OF THESE FOODS I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF? WHERE CAN I BUY THEM FROM?

Tesco supermarkets stock both the "Butchers Classic" range and "Pascoe's Organic"

If you have problems finding any of these foods, try contacting the manufacturers:-

Butchers 'Classic' - tel: 01788 825872

Pascoe's Organic - tel: 01278 685252

If you find any of the foods listed above then please contact us with the brand name and it's phone number. Visitors to this site can then find their local stockist easily.