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=== USDA animal welfare violations & Iams/Proctor & Gamble. ===
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture released an official complaint including: the following violations documented by government inspectors at an P&G/Iams contract laboratory from 2002 to 2005: [http://www.iamscruelty.com/pdfs/USDA_Sinclair_Labs1.pdf USDA Sinclair Labs]. For nearly 10 months in 2002 and early 2003, a PETA investigator went undercover at an Iams contract testing laboratory. "Our investigator found dogs who had gone crazy from intense confinement in barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs who had been left on a filthy paint-chipped floor after chunks of muscle had been hacked from their thighs, dogs who had been surgically debarked, and horribly sick dogs and cats who were languishing in their cages, neglected and left to suffer without veterinary care." [http://www.iamscruelty.com/ In Defense of AnimalsPETA] ”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.” [http://www.iamscruelty.com/videos.asp videos taken at Sinclair laboratories].
”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.“ [http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=80 Animal Welfare Act]
