IAMS

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A friend of a friend wrote to IAMS about the alleged animal cruelty.

This was the response she received:

 

 

On behalf of Iams president, Jeffrey P. Ansell, thank you for sharing

feeling.

I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of Nazir. Losing on of our

four-legged

friends is never easy. We sincerely appreciate your loyalty to Iams and

hope

you will take a moment to review the following information.

 

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:

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We are deeply committed to dog and cat well-being and our research policy

reflects that.

 

Thank you again, Miriam for contacting us with your feedback, and for

giving

us

the opportunity to respond. We value our loyal customers and hope you will

continue to feed Iams to your three dogs.

 

Sincerely,

Cindy Achor

Group Manager

Iams Consumer Care