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。
以下圖片為PETA的工作人員在Iams實驗室所偷拍到的畫面
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
骯髒不堪的環境、無獸醫照料受傷的狗
成日被關在鐵籠中渴望自由
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
