Are You Still Feeding Your Dogs/Cats Iams/Eukanuba？
你的寵物還吃愛慕思/優卡 殘忍食品嗎？
你愛你的貓、你的狗嗎？
如果有人告訴你，
為了確保你的貓狗的飼料安全，必須犧牲其他貓狗的生命，
你願意買這個飼料嗎？
不要懷疑，
殘忍的動物實驗並不會因為美麗的包裝而消失不見。
愛慕思（Iams）與旗下的優卡（Eukanuba）是寵物食品的大廠牌，
在他們的包裝上的狗貓都是健康、開心的。
但是，你知道這是個天大的謊言嗎？
不相信？
PETA告訴你醜陋的真相：
從2002到2003年，將近10個月的時間，
PETA的調查員隱藏身分在Sinclair Research Center，
受僱於Iams（愛慕思）的實驗室裡工作。
PETA調查員發現在Iams寵物食品清新、健康的包裝下，
隱藏的是黑暗且骯髒的秘密。
在實驗室，
被關在鐵籠裡成天對著水泥牆的狗狗瘋掉了、
大腿肌肉被砍掉的狗狗成堆地被丟在骯髒、
油漆斑駁的地上、狗狗被割掉了聲帶、
生了重病的貓狗在毫無獸醫關照的情況下被扔在籠子裡繼續受苦。
影片顯示，
Iams（愛慕思）的公司代表曾經來過這個實驗室，
並且親眼目睹狗狗在酷暑中熱得發昏在籠子裡轉來轉去。
Iams知道此事，但他們卻沒有保護這些動物。
美國農業部審核了PETA提出的抗議後表示該實驗室確實沒有提供獸醫照護、
沒有提供受苦的動物麻醉或止痛、沒有提供足夠的空間、
沒有做好員工教育訓練，
該實驗室同時違反了其他40項聯邦動物福利法規範。
Siniclair Research Center付出美金$33,000元（相當於一百零五萬六千元台幣）的罰款。
在PETA與支持者的強大壓力下，Iams同意針對其實驗方式做出以下幾項改變：
1. Iams順從壓力，切斷與Siniclair Research Center的關係
2. Iams停止所有具侵入性與末端的貓、狗實驗
3. Iams同意開始進行人道的「居家」食物味道實驗
根據Iams表示，實驗中大約70%的動物在家中與飼主同住。
在這些實驗中，飼主自願讓寵物在家中居住，
參與食品營養成份的實驗。透過訓練，飼主可以輕易 地餵食寵物，
並採集寵物的糞便以供實驗室作為參考指標。
「居家實驗」已經過奧克拉荷馬州立大學PetSci program證實是有效的。
即使如此，
Iams仍舊在他們位於俄亥俄州的實驗室中保留700隻左右的貓狗，
進行非侵入性的營養成分測試。他們宣稱該實驗室提供動物像樣的環境，
但他們拒絕 讓PETA的代表進入參觀。
Iams宣稱有些實驗太過複雜，無法以居家實驗方式進行。
PETA呼籲Iams與獸醫團隊合作來進行這些實驗，
因為獸醫具備豐富的醫療經驗，知道哪些食品可以減輕寵物的病痛。
Iams 沒有停止以其他（非狗貓）的動物進行侵入性的實驗。
Iams贊助Purdue大學將近$200,000美金來進行一項長達兩年的實驗。
實驗過程中，老鼠 的尾巴被黏在籠子頂端，
而老鼠的後腿部懸掛在空中。這項實驗的目的是為了造成肌肉萎縮。
當PETA提出抗議後，該實驗提前終止。
Iams同時也杯葛一公立大學欲發表的研究結果，
該研究以人工方式在狗身上引導出痛苦的疾病，
而該研究的出資者正是Iams。
Iams究竟在隱藏什 麼呢？
雖然Iams已經有所改進，但是身為該產業的領導品牌，
Iams應該傳遞更清楚的訊息，
那就是：沒有動物應該面臨像那些在實驗室中的動物的悲慘命運。
安全、健康的寵物食品不應該是由傷害其他貓狗得來的。
PETA仍在持續勸說Iams禁止進行或贊助任何形式、
任何物種的動物實驗，並且使用100%人道、無侵入性、不關牢籠的「居家實驗」，
就像Iams的有良心的競爭者所使用的那樣。
一直到Iams同意停止動物實驗之前，PETA強烈呼籲消費者購買無動物實驗的狗食。
成堆的狗隻腿部肌肉被切除 丟在地上
腿部肌肉被切開近拍
被綑綁著的狗狗掙扎
髒亂不堪的環境，無獸醫照料受傷的狗兒
成日被關在籠中渴望自由的狗兒
此外，
英國Uncaged同時呼籲消費者抵制
雀巢的普瑞納（Purina）與寶路（Pedigree），
因為這兩個廠牌在歐洲都是有做動物實驗。
抵制名單：
普瑞納（Purina）、寶路（Pedigree）、
皇家（Royal Canin）、愛寶（Alpo）、
希爾斯（Hills Science Diet）
Nestlé Purina/Friskies:
Alpo, Bonio, Felix, Go Cat, Gourmet,
Omega Complete, Proplan, Spillers, Vital Balance, Winalot.
Pedigree, Masterfoods (Mars Inc):
Bounce, Cesar, Chappie, Frolic, James Wellbeloved, Katkins,
Kitekat, Pal, Pedigree Chum, Royal Canin, Sheba,
Techni-cal (US & Canada), Whiskas.
Pedigree also manufacture Thomas rabbit food and Trill bird food.
資料來源：
PETA
http://www.iamscruelty.com/introduction.asp
Uncaged
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/petfood.htm
For nearly 10 months in 2002 and early 2003 , a PETA investigator worked undercover at Sinclair Research Center , a laboratory hired by Iams , and discovered a dark and sordid secret beneath the wholesome image of the dog - and cat-food manufacturer . Dogs had gone crazy because they were confined to barren steel cages and cement cells , dogs were left piled on a filthy paint-chipped floor after chunks of muscle had been hacked from their thighs , dogs were surgically debarked , and horribly sick dogs and cats were neglected and left in cages to suffer without any veterinary care .
Footage shows that Iams representatives toured the facility and witnessed dogs who were circling in their cells and sweltering in the summer heat . Iams knew the truth yet did nothing to protect the animals .
The U.S . Department of Agriculture investigated PETA's complaint and agreed that the laboratory had failed to provide veterinary care and pain relief to suffering animals , failed to provide animals with adequate space , and failed to train employees—along with nearly 40 other violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act . Sinclair Research Center paid a penalty of $ 33,000 for its violations .
After intense pressure from PETA and its supporters , Iams agreed to make the following significant changes in its testing program :
• Iams bowed to pressure and severed its ties with Sinclair Research Center .
• Iams ended all invasive and terminal experiments on dogs and cats .
• Iams agreed to begin conducting humane in-home tests for palatability studies .
According to Iams , about 70 percent of the animals now in its tests reside at home with their families . In these studies , people volunteer their companion animals to participate in food and nutrition experiments from the comfort of their own homes . The human guardians can easily be trained to feed the animals and properly collect fecal and urine samples for laboratory analysis to determine the quality of the animal's food . " In-home " studies have been shown to work and have strong scientific support , as shown by the successful PetSci program , which was developed by Dr . Charles Abramson and Dr . Timothy Bowser of Oklahoma State University .
Even so , Iams still keeps up to 700 dogs and cats in its Dayton , Ohio , laboratory for non-invasive nutritional studies . They claim that this laboratory provides a decent environment for the animals , but they refuse to allow a PETA representative to see inside . Iams claims that some studies are too complex for in-home programs , but PETA urges Iams to collaborate with veterinary clinics for studies such as these . Veterinary clinics regularly see patients who suffer from ailments that a particular dog or cat food might help alleviate .
Iams has also refused to end invasive experiments on species other than dogs and cats . For one study , Iams gave Purdue University nearly $ 200,000 to conduct a two-year study in which experimenters taped the tails of mice to the tops of cages to keep their hind legs suspended in the air . This was done to cause muscular atrophy—the wasting away of muscle tissue . When PETA protested , the experiment was cut short .
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Iams has also fought the release of information from a public university that had conducted a study funded by the company in which a painful disease was induced in dogs . What was Iams hiding ?
Iams has made progress , but as an industry leader , it must send an even clearer message : No animal deserves the fate of those who remain in their laboratories . Safe , healthy cat and dog food does not require harming cats and dogs .
PETA continues to press Iams to ban conducting and funding invasive or terminal experiments on all species and to adopt 100 percent humane , non-invasive , and cage-free " in-home " testing , as many of Iams ' compassionate competitors have done .
Until Iams agrees , we urge consumers to purchase dog and cat food from companies that do not test on animals . In the meantime , read about some other ways you can help the millions of animals every year who are abused and inadequately cared for , all in the name of research .
Reference: PETA
http://www.iamscruelty.com/introduction.asp
