What pet food companies use animal experimentation?

Question

I know Iams which is owned by Proctor & Gambel did or still do.
Also I've heard that the Japenese are getting rid of their surplus whale meat [ so much for scientific research!!!!] which companies are buying it,so I can avoid them.Thanks

Answer 1

Like you, I'm not sure whether Iams still use animal experimentation - but the website exposing it still makes for awful reading.

http://www.uncaged.co.uk/iams.htm
There is more information & details about the investigation into Iams (with video) on this site:
http://www.iamscruelty.com/

Iams are owned by Proctor & Gamble & they also make Eukanuba pet food.

The Uncaged website also says that Colgate & Palmolive also use unethical testing to produce their Hill's Science Diet.

However, though the following brands test on animals - the website doesn't actually claim that they test unethically:

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.

These are the recommended petfoods:
COMPANY TELEPHONE WEB/EMAIL
Arden Grange 01273 833390 [e-mail]
Burns 01554 890482 [e-mail]
Europa Pet Foods Ltd
(Brands: Europa - please note: this is NOT Europa supermarkets)
0845 658 0987 www.europa-pet-food.co.uk
[e-mail]
Fromm Family Foods 01531 633 985 available from:
www.postalpetsproducts.co.uk
Naturediet 08700 132960 [e-mail]
Pero Foods Ltd 0800 917 9697 www.pero-petfood.co.uk
[e-mail]
Top Number and Happidog 0800 0182955
Trophy Pet Food 01367 243434 www.trophypetfoods.co.uk
[e-mail]
Vegecat/Vegekit 01424 427393 [e-mail]

Some of these brands are available from www.veggiepets.com.


I don't know about the Whale Meat purchasers ... I wonder if the GreenPeace website would have any information about that?

Answer 2

I have tried all sorts of food with my dogs.. one piece of advice I can give you is READ THE LABEL - if it has on it "animal derivative" then don't buy it. There are many ethical foods on the market - naturediet - is a wet food. Tried it but Borris went off it quickly - believe it or not he prefers dry food -

I now give both my dogs SALTERS which is made of human grade meat - totally fit for human consumption - even the salesman encourages you to try some - he ate some too - I didn't like it - tasted like Marmite - and I hate marmite! So as it is fit for humans it doesn't contain any nasties...

Anyway the dogs love it. And Taz who is 12 is walking better - the oils in it really help her arthritis.

I put two websites for you to browse through.

Answer 3

There was something on the news this morning about that huge ship bringing goods into the UK from China & criticising us for not buying goods ethically. One of the products in the cargo was pet food & I, like you want to buy UK pet food from a known source but how do you go about it? When the 'bird flu' panick was going on I stopped buying any cat food with poultry in it, because most of it is foreign & apparently eating diseased birds is one way of contracting it. People thought I was mad but how do I know where the meat has been??

Answer 4

Old Mother Hubbard makes Wellness food, which is a lovely food (the kibble of my choice for my two sp/eutered Mutts). They do not, according to all information I have come across, test anything on animals, aside from "taste testing" their healthy, high quality foods. Wellness makes food for both dogs and cats.

Answer 5

I use Burns good dry food for my dog.

Answer 6

http://www.iamscruelty.com/supportBrandsUK.asp <<< list of animal food, not tested on animals.....
try Yarrah Organic Petfood for your pets?

Answer 7

ARTHURS CAT FOOD. ONE WITH THE WHITE CAT. THEY STOLE THE CAT FROM THE OWNER, ILLEGALLY, TORE ITS TEETH OUT SO IT WOYULD HAVE TO PAW ITS FOOD OUT OF THE TIN. havent bought there produce ever.!!

Answer 8

Surely it would make more sense to test cat and dog food on...cats and dogs???? Surely it's hard to inject crunchy biscuit into eyeball?