It is a huge business to produce food and other necessities for pets. There are now hundreds of business firms that sell pet foods and maybe partly thanks to the fresh controversies surrounding their productions Iams pet food is among the better known in the industry. Iams provides a range of pet foods especially for cats and dogs and also has a range of other pet care products.
The company claims that Iams pet food are made to meet hygenic and ethical requirements. Iams also has an employee pet borrowing system and claims more than 85% of pets used by the firm were assumed by the employees. Iams pet foods are of extremely high quality according to the firm and the firm also has a pet health and nutrition centre. Iams pet food has thus been defended by the representatives of the company and they give the impression that their products are good from any viewpoint.
Yet the critics of Iams pet foods paint a completely contrasting and rather disturbing picture of the products of the firm. The common accusations for Iams pet food company is that they carry out unethical food testing and experiments on animals plus their company owned animals are not properly taken care of. The image they give of Iams pet food is indeed a very grim one.
The critics have gone up to the extent of voicing their thought by carrying bill boards urging the public not to buy Iams pet food. Whether or not the allegations are true remains a matter of dispute but due to the intense pressure Iams pet food announced that the company would be doing all laboratory testing within its own premises. According to PETA although the allegations improved the quality of Iams pet food, they are still far from being excellent and up to the standards.
It s highly unlikely that all reports of Iams cruel practices like flushing living kittens down drains etc. could be true. Even So there may be galore basis in the allegement and it is too unlikely that Iams pet food is produced under perfect conditions. But the lesson to learn is that the public voice speaks a lot on behalf of the little dogs and kitten who cannot voice their own thoughts at face of cruelty.