Posted on 12/08/2007 5:04:56 AM PST by Daffynition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling for a boycott of M&Ms, Twix candy bars and other snack foods made by Mars Inc, claiming the company funds experiments that kill mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits.
"In violation of its own written policy, the candy company is currently funding a study at the University of California, San Francisco, that uses rats. The rats are force fed by having plastic tubes shoved down their throats, and they are then cut open and killed," PETA said in a statement.
"In response to this new information, PETA is filing a legal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over Mars' false statement," the group said in a statement. The FTC investigates claims of dishonesty in advertising.
Mars spokeswoman Alice Nathanson said regarding the University of California experiment: "I can't speak to any information that PETA may or may not have. I can't speak to any experiments."
But, she said that the privately held company "would never issue or post a statement that we were not 100 percent confident in."
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...
Hey, PETA-folk, go offer to take the rats’ place.
I believe PETA is guilty of killing lots and lots of animals also, for no better reason than that they used to be pets and had had their natures altered away from the natural by their evil human slave owners.
I noticed that this story originates from the UK. The witch behind PETA is a crazy Brit.
Glad someone is keeping track of this stuff. /sarc
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WILLIE: I thought you said it was a Twix.
GEORGE: Oh, it was. But he claimed it was a 5th Avenue bar.
WILLIE: Maybe it was.
GEORGE: Oh, no, no. Twix is the only candy with the cookie crunch.
WILLIE: What about the $100,000 bar?
GEORGE: No. Rice and caramel.
WILLIE: Nougat?
GEORGE: No.
WOMAN: You know they changed the name from $100,000 bar to 100 Grand?
JACKIE: O’Henry? That’s one of our top selling candy bars. It’s got chocolate, peanuts, nougat, it’s delicious, scrumptious, outstanding.
ELAINE: So, yeah, that’s funny. Hey, you wanna hear something weird? Mr. Pitt eats his Snickers bars with a knife and fork.
The bra-less O’Henry heiress is certainly guilty of cruelty!
Well I was trying to find out why giving a Snickers bar to a rabbit is “cruel”.
LOL ;-D
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