Fwd: Exciting News: Welch's Ends Animal Experiments

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Yay!!!! (Shoot, I drink Ocean Spray. Not any more! I had NO idea they were testing on animals for juice!) I encourage everyone to join to post or crosspost messages. Everyone needs to take on a share of the work. I have a list of dog, wildlife, vegan,

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Dear Deedee,

As a valued PETA supporter, I wanted you to be among the

first to know about an important victory for so many animals.

In a move that will spare countless monkeys, dogs,

rodents, and rabbits from painful, deadly, and useless animal

experiments, Welch's has just confirmed to PETA that it

will no longer fund any animal experiments.

The move came after PETA learned that the juice

company was funding ridiculous "nutritional" experiments on

animals—at the University of Wisconsin, the University of

Illinois, and Tufts University—and vowed to launch a

global boycott of the company unless it ended the cruel

experiments. No such experiments are required by law.

After we warned Welch's that we were prepared to launch

an international boycott campaign to educate the public about

the tests, Welch's reconsidered the experiments, and the company

has now advised us of its new non-animal-testing policy: "As

scientific research capability is advancing rapidly, we believe

it is appropriate to adopt the following formal policy on

Welch's scientific research ... Welch's will not fund animal

research."

Many of Welch's major competitors—including Sunny

Delight, Old Orchard, SunSweet, Tampico, Cascadian Farms,

Newman's Own, Bolthouse Farms, Jamba Juice, and Campbell's V8

juices, among many others—have signed PETA's statement of

assurance affirming that they do not test their juices on

animals.

We're now turning our attention to Ocean Spray, POM, and

Tahitian Noni, which still conduct cruel tests that aren't

required by law on animals. For more information about this

important victory and what's next in our campaign, please visit PETA's

Web site CaringConsumer.com.

We simply could not achieve important victories for

animals like this one without the support of caring people like

you. Thank you.

Warm regards

Ingrid E.

NewkirkPresident

P.S. This important victory for animals is just the

latest in our campaign to keep animals' best interests on the

agenda for some of the world's largest corporations. Your

compassion is helping PETA to directly improve the lives of

animals every day. Please forward this exciting

news to your friends and family

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