After uncovering extensive abuse of animals at a testing laboratory for dog and cat food maker Iams, PETA contacted hundreds of companion-animal food companies to ask if they conduct laboratory tests on animals. None of these tests is necessary or required by law, and humane alternatives do exist. Non-invasive, nonlethal, and cage-free "in-home" testing is conducted by PetSci, and collaborative veterinary clinic studies allow sick animals who are volunteered by their guardians to participate in humane feeding trials that can determine the beneficial effects of nutrition on a specific illness.
The following companies have assured PETA in writing that they do not test on animals in laboratories. Companies that are not on this list either responded to let us know that they do conduct laboratory experiments on animals or failed to respond to our numerous inquiries and are assumed to conduct laboratory experiments on animals.
[Important Note: If you have been feeding your companion animals commercial pet foods, you may be jeopardizing their health. Supermarket pet foods are often composed of ground-up parts of animals deemed by U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors unfit for human consumption. The flesh of animals who fall into one of the categories of the four D's—dead, dying, diseased, or disabled—is what often goes into pet food. Many of these animals have died of infections and other diseases. In all but a few states, it is legal to remove unusable parts from chickens and sell them to pet food manufacturers. Most pet foods contain the same hormones, pesticides, and antibiotics that are found in commercial meat products for humans. If you are concerned about your companion animals' health and about the cruelty of the meat industry, now is the time to stop buying meat-based commercial pet food. Learn more about healthy vegetarian dog and cat food options.]
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Active Life Pet Products 1-877-291-2913 www.activelifepp.com
Amoré Pet Services, Inc.1-866-572-6673www.amorepetfoods.com
Animal Food Services1-800-743-0322www.animalfood.com
Artemis Pet Food1-800-282-5876www.artemiscompany.com
Azmira Holistic Animal Care1-800-497-5665www.azmira.com
Boston Baked Bonz (entirely vegan)781-752-4040www.bostonbakedbonz.com
Bravo Raw Diet1-866-922-9222 www.bravorawdiet.com
Burns Pet Health, Inc.1-877-983-9651www.burnspethealth.com
CaniSource1-888-347-3523www.canisource.com
CountryPet Pet Food1-800-454-7387www.countrypet.com
Dr. Harvey’s1-866-362-4123www.drharveys.com
Dry Fork Milling Co. 1-800-346-1360
Dynamite Marketing, Inc.208-887-9410www.dynamitemarketing.com
Eagle Pack Pet Foods800-255-5959www.eaglepack.com
Evanger’s Dog and Cat Food Co., Inc.1-800-288-6796www.evangersdogfood.com
Feline’s Pridewww.felinespride.com
Fromm Family Foodswww.frommfamily.com
GreenTripe.Com831-726-3255www.greentripe.com
Halo, Purely for Pets1-800-426-4256www.halopets.com
Happy Dog Food1-800-359-9576www.happydogfood.com
Harbingers of a New Age (entirely vegan)406-295-4944www.vegepet.com
Holistic Blend1-800-954-1117www.holisticblend.com
The Honest Kitchen 858-483-5995www.thehonestkitchen.com
Know Better Dog Food1-866-922-6463www.knowbetterdogfood.com
KosherPets, Inc.954-938-6270www.kosherpets.com
Kumpi Pet Foods303-699-8562www.kumpi.com
Mark and Chappell866-547 3368www.markandchappell.com
Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. (has vegan options)1-800-829-4493www.naturalbalanceinc.com
Natural Life Pet Products, Inc. (has vegan options)1-800-367-2391www.nlpp.com
Newman’s Own Organicswww.newmansownorganics.com
Oma’s Pride1-800-678-6627www.omaspride.com
Onesta Organics, Inc. (has vegan options)619-295-1136www.onestaorganics.com
Pet Chef Express604-916-2433www.petchefexpress.ca
PetGuard (has vegan options)1-800-874-3221904-264-8500www.petguard.com
Pied Piper Pet & Wildlife1-800-338-4610www.piedpiperpet.com
PoshNosh Inc.613-747-15421-866-893-4006 (Outside Ottawa-Outaouais)
Raw Advantage, Inc.360-387-5158www.rawadvantagepetfood.com
Sauder Feeds, Inc.260-627-2196www.sauderfeeds.com
Solid Gold800-364-4863www.solidgoldhealth.com
Stella & Chewy’s LLC718-522-9673www.stellaandchewys.com
Timberwolf Organics, Inc.407-877-8779www.timberwolforganics.com
V-dogfood LLC (entirely vegan)1-888-280-8364www.V-dogfood.com
Veterinary Nutritional Formula1-800-811-0530www.vnfpetfood.com
Want A Cookie? (has vegan options)250-665-7387www.wantacookie.ca
Wow-Bow Distributors Ltd. (has vegan options)1-800-326-0230www.wow-bow.com
Wysong Canada1-800-748-0188www.wysongcanada.net
Wysong Professional Diets (has vegan options)1-800-748-0188www.wysong.net
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