Other "Pet Food" Companies: Menu Foods
Menu Foods Animal Tests: A PETA Investigation 2002-2003
Click on the image above to view footage of PETA's investigation.
Scene Descriptions:
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Scene #1: A Menu Foods dog paws furiously at his/her
cage.
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Scene #2: Menu Foods dog YYUO exhibits stereotypical
behaviour (i.e., relentlessly walking in circles) from cage
confinement.
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Scene #3: Menu Foods dog CKEAYG exhibits stereotypical
behaviour.
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Scene #4: Menu Foods dog H0B101 exhibits stereotypical
behaviour.
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Scene #5: Menu Foods cat 464 exhibits stereotypical
behaviour associated with prolonged confinement.
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Scene #6: Menu Foods dog HILMLM hides fearfully
in the corner of her cage.
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Scene #7: Lacking any socialization or enrichment,
HILMLM is fearful of people and approaches the investigator
in a submissive posture.
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Scene #8: A Menu Foods dog has extremely long nails.
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Scene #9: Menu Foods dog HJDMFT is suffering from
hair loss and a mammary tumour. Forty-two days later, having
received no veterinary treatment, the dog is finally killed.
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Scene #10: Menu Foods dog CNAMHHN is caught in
the flooring of her cage. An animal care technician has
to use a steel bar to pry the slats of the cage floor apart
to free the dog’s legs.
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Scene #11: Menu Foods dog (H)8J483, injured by
getting caught in the flooring of her cage, is placed in
a carrier.
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Scene #12: Her wounds shaved and washed, (H)8J483
is placed back in her cage. (H)8J483 received no painkillers.
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Scene #13: This is a closeup of (H)8J483’s
wounds one day after she was found in her cage. What appear
to be stitches are in fact the jagged edges of her torn
flesh. The dog received no painkillers.
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Scene #14: Still in pain six days later, (H)8J483
gingerly sits on the metal flooring of her cage. Later
this same day, she is killed.
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