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'Pet' Foods and Animal Testing Policies

ZorroThe companion animal food industry has become big business in recent years. The market is currently dominated by international corporations - such as Procter & Gamble, the makers of IAMS and Eukanuba - who ruthlessly conduct experiments on animals to try to give their pet food a competitive marketing edge.

Slick advertising campaigns that promote a caring image obscure a reality of suffering and exploitation. However, as these cruel and unethical practices are being exposed through the work of Uncaged and others, decent animal guardians are seeking out responsible companies who produce pet food without cruel and unethical testing regimes.

TobyUncaged is working with other animal protection groups to persuade the companion animal food industry to clean up its act. Uncaged supported the BUAV's No Animal Testing Pet Food Standard. For companies to qualify, they had to prove that neither they nor their suppliers are engaged in animal testing that harms animals: that means no invasive laboratory experiments or keeping animals in captive laboratory or kennel conditions for lengthy periods of time - conditions that cannot fulfil their physical and psychological needs.

Unfortunately, the BUAV Standard is no longer operating. However, we have written to approved companies and obtained statements of confirmation from the following firms that they are still adhering to the Standard - they represent the ‘Premier League’ of anti-vivisection pet foods:


'Premier league' pet foods

  COMPANY TELEPHONE EMAIL
Arden Grange 01273 833390 enquiries@ardengrange.com
Burns 01554 890482 info@burnspet.co.uk
Europa Pet Foods Ltd
(Brands: Europa - please note: this is NOT Europa supermarkets)
0845 658 0987 info@europa-pet-food.co.uk
Naturediet 08700 132960 info@naturediet.co.uk
Pero Foods Ltd 0800 917 9697 sales@pero-petfood.co.uk
Trophy Pet Food 01367 243434 sales@trophypetfoods.co.uk

Alternatively, PETA UK have their own scheme which requires companies to promise that they are not directly funding or conducting any cruel and abusive animal testing for their pet foods. The difference between the schemes is that the PETA one doesn’t cover supplier practices, but we believe it still represents a practical and relatively sound non-animal testing option, especially compared to the big animal-testing pet food companies.


One of the dogs condemned to suffer in Iams experimentsBrands to Boycott

As mentioned above, the main culprits for cruel and unethical animal testing are the major international 'pet' food businesses.

The majority of pet food brands available in the UK are produced by two animal testing companies - "Nestlé Purina/Friskies" and "Pedigree, Masterfoods (Mars Inc)."

  • 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.


Kittens condemned to suffer in Iams experiments'Pet' food content

The content of animal foods raises additional, difficult ethical issues about the use of animals. Included in our recommended lists above are vegetable-based foods and in the case of Vegecat, a supplement that provides felines with their essential nutrients that are missing from plant sources.

You may wish to visit the following websites to explore further information about natural diets for animals to help you decide what to feed your companion animals, though Uncaged does not necessarily endorse any statements therein:


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