IAMS Response, RE: Sinclair

[seraph]

Got another one!


Dear Concerned Consumer:

Thanks for contacting us about Sinclair Broadcast Group's plans to air
"Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal."

We haven't reviewed the content of this program, nor would we advertise in
it. One of our guiding principles is that we don't advertise in programs
where there is expression for or against a given political candidate.

The way we spend our advertising dollar is important to us. For most TV
programming, we're able to review the content on a show by show basis before
making any advertising decisions. You may see some of our commercials air
on the Sinclair Broadcast Group's network during shows that we've already
agreed to appear in. The networks also have control over TV programming and
can choose to preempt regularly scheduled programming with different
programs, such as this one.

We appreciate your comments and I'm sharing them with those responsible for
television sponsorship.

Sincerely,
Marilinn
Iams Consumer Care, North America




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[Pab Sungenis]

1. In other words....

"Thanks for writing. Now shut up."

[xultar]

2. Yeah they don't want another boycot....see

http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=5091

Syracuse, N.Y. — PETA hoped to have its new anti-Iams billboard displayed in Syracuse just in time for the Cat Fanciers’ Association show this weekend at the New York State Fairgrounds, but the area outdoor advertiser Lamar Advertising wants no part of it. The billboard shows a kitten peering sadly through the bars of a barren cage and reads, "10 out of 10 Cats Prefer NOT to Be Tortured by Iams. Stop Iams’ Cruel Experiments on Cats and Dogs." The message refers to an undercover investigation at an Iams contract laboratory, where at least 27 dogs were killed, while others died of illnesses that went untreated. A representative for Lamar Advertising said, "We choose not to accept this creative for our community." The ad is part of PETA’s international campaign—which was launched in Iams’ hometown of Dayton, Ohio, last September—to protest the misery of animals who are neglected and killed in Iams’ crude laboratory tests.

Despite assurances from Iams that it would not perform tests on animals that would not be acceptable on humans, PETA’s investigator, who worked at the lab, found the following:

* Dogs and cats indefinitely confined to small cages in dungeon-like rooms
* Dogs whose vocal cords had been surgically cut out so that they couldn’t bark
* Dogs suffering from untreated ear infections, rotten teeth, and injured paws
* Workers’ reports of a live kitten who was washed down a drain
* Terrified, unsocialized animals cowering in their cages
* Kennels that were stifling during summer months and near freezing in winter
* Dogs force-fed vegetable oil through tubes inserted down their throats

"We’re howling mad that Iams is causing misery and death for dogs and cats while feeding its customers fiction," says Mary Beth Sweetland, senior vice president of PETA’s Research & Investigations Department. "Dogs and cats shouldn’t suffer for Iams’ profits, and we want to get that message to the public."

A growing number of veterinary clinics, animal shelters, and pet supply stores from across the U.S. and Canada are refusing to buy or sell Iams products in protest of Iams’ cruel laboratory tests.

Broadcast-quality footage of animals in an Iams contract laboratory is available.
For more information, please visit PETA’s Web site IamsCruelty.com. A copy of the billboard follows.

[progressiveBadger]

3. IAMS is owned by P&G right?

If so, then screw IAMS. I can't boycott them any more than I already am!