July 2006
After learning that Welch’s–a maker of grape juice–funded animal experiments that involved cutting open dogs’ chests, forcing monkeys to inhale noxious secondhand cigarette smoke, and injecting rats with toxic chemicals, PETA fired off a letter to company officials asking that they halt their funding of animal tests. On May 16, PETA received confirmation from the company that it will no longer fund or conduct any animal tests! With this announcement, Welch’s joins other compassionate juice companies, like Sunny D, Old Orchard, and SunSweet, that have signed PETA’s statement of assurance pledging not to fund or conduct any experiments on animals.
