Guest guest Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 I posted re PETA and IAMS on a few lists about a week ago regarding the new evidence of recent animal experimentation conducted by IAMS. This morning I received the following post via another list and am copying it in here fyi. best, pat sant - in canada --- After Pat posted the Peta story last week, I fired off an email to the company president, here is the reply I received: Dear [name omitted for privacy reasons] On behalf of Iams president, Jeffrey P. Ansell, thank you for sharing your opinions in regards to our research policy. We hope our actions detailed in this message will convince you that we are worthy of your trust. On March 25, we learned that nutritional studies being conducted for us at an independent facility in the U.S. may have violated our company'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. " We are working 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: www.iams.com/en_US/jhtmls/faq/sw_Faq_detail.jhtml? questionid=167 & brandcode=I & loc aleid=en_US & pagetypeid=FQ <http://www.iams.com/en_US/jhtmls/faq/sw_Faq_detail.jhtml? questionid=167 & brandco de=I & localeid=en_US & pagetypeid=FQ> (or go to www.iamsco.com <http://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. We appreciate the influence you have among your peers, and we hope the news within this message will help restore your confidence in our commitment to the health and well- being of dogs and cats. Sincerely, Cindy Achor Group Manager Iams Consumer Care -- SANTBROWN townhounds/ http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. " - Albert Schweitzer * " The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men " - Leonardo da Vinci * " The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. " - Alice Walker ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 That was great. Thanks for sharing with us here, Pat. It is comforting to know that they took action and went to check out that research fascility for themselves. ~ feral ~ Guilt is just a bag of bricks. All ya gotta do is set it down. ~ " The Devil's Advocate " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> , Sant & Brown <santbrown@l...> wrote: > I posted re PETA and IAMS on a few lists about a week ago regarding the > new evidence of recent animal experimentation conducted by IAMS. This > morning I received the following post via another list and am copying it > in here fyi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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