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For nearly 10 months in 2002 and 2003, [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA) conducted an undercover investigation at Sinclair Research Center, a contract laboratory for Iams pet food. The investigation found dogs who had gone crazy from intense confinement in barren steel cages and cement cells. Sick dogs and cats Dogs were left to languish in their cages without veterinary care; including dogs who had had piled on a filthy paint-chipped floor after chunks of muscle had been hacked from their thighs. Dogs They had also been surgically debarked. Severely ill dogs and cats were languished in cages without veterinary care. Iams representatives toured the facility and witnessed dogs circling their cells and sweltering in the summer heat, yet did nothing about it. The [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] (USDA found ) investigated PETA's complaint and cited the laboratory for failure to provide veterinary care and pain relief; adequate space; and employee training; along with almost 40 other violations of the Animal Welfare Act; . <ref>[http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm Animal Welfare Act and Regulations], [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]], December 2009</ref> including failure to provide veterinary care, pain relief, adequate space and proper training. Sinclair Research Center paid a penalty of $33,000. <ref>[http://www.iamscruelty.com/pdfs/USDA_Sinclair_Labs1.pdf Sinclair Research Center], USDA Report, October 2006</ref>Sinclair paid a penalty of $33,000. After intense pressure from PETA and its supporters, Iams agreed to sever its ties with Sinclair Research Center and end invasive and terminal experiments on dogs and cats.<ref>[http://www.iamscruelty.com/ introduction.asp Animals Still Suffer at Iams: cruelty investigation], [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]], accessed January February 2009</ref> After intense pressure from PETA and its supporters, Iams agreed to sever its ties with Sinclair and end invasive and terminal experiments on dogs and cats. See also [[Proctor & Gamble]].