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NEW PROCTOR & GAMBLE CRUELTY EXPOSED!
Taken from : www.uncaged.co.uk
We recently uncovered further disturbing evidence of the suffering of
innocent animals for the sake of P&G's 'Herbal Essences'. P&G has
participated in an experiment where 128 rats were 'sacrificed' in yet
another poisoning test for the commonly-used chemical ingredients
butylparaben and methylparaben.
To make matters even worse, they subjected the animals to an extreme and
invasive method of blood sampling called 'retro-orbital bleeding' - the
Boycott P&G posters have an image of this procedure. It involves
puncturing the eye socket as a capillary tube is pushed behind the
animal's eyeball. Not surprisingly, it often causes painful eye damage
and serious complications - in the P&G test two animals suffered lesions
and bleeding so severe they had to be killed, while other animals
suffered various other harmful effects.
Even some animal researchers acknowledge that retro-orbital bleeding is
cruel and unnecessary. All the surviving animals were killed at the end
of the test.
ANIMALS NEED YOUR HELP
This evidence shows, once again, that P&G's excuses over their animal
testing are just a smokescreen that facilitates the most sickening
abuse. We need your help on 16th May to blow away that smokescreen and
empower the public to save animals.
Even distributing leaflets outside a supermarket for an hour is a major
contribution to the animals' cause. Please, without your action, animals
have no defence against P&G's violence.
You can download an activist guide from here
(http://www.uncaged.co.uk/pgboycott09.pdf). Please contact us to find out about any actions already organised in your area. It's also possible
to download artwork for campaign materials in various languages from our
website (http://www.boycottpandg.co.uk/download.asp). Please let us know what you are doing - and your contact details in case anyone local
wants to join in.
If you already have plans for Saturday 16th, why not do something a week
or two after? Alternatively, you can put a Boycott P&G pledge up
(http://www.boycottpandg.co.uk/addpledge1.asp) on our website to demonstrate the strength of public feeling against P&G's animal testing.
P&G - the world's largest animal testing consumer goods company - will
only rethink their animal testing practices if you throw your weight
behind this campaign. This is a real opportunity for animals - let's
grab it for them.
With best wishes
Dan Lyons
Dr Dan Lyons, Director, Uncaged
www.uncaged.co.uk
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