Mars Candy Supports Animal Cruelty and Experimentation

Everyone is letting their emotions get the best of them here. What he said was is there any proof of THIS claim. And there isn't. Short of PETA's statement, there isn't one shred of evidence. There is no mention of this anywhere but PETA's site .. and of course, ten thousand email rings. Animal testing is serious .. of course. But just because PETA makes a claim, one that cannot be verified by any other source, does not make it true. It doesn't necessarily make it a lie, either .. but to accept it as goaspel just because PETA says it is ... sorry ... naive. This one has been investigated, by many. Not one word to support this claim can be found anywhere else BUT on the PETA website. If that doesn't make a person wonder, then direct that person to me. I have a bridge I'd be interested in selling ...

This is such bull...just do a search on experimentation on animals in general...you'll come up with some gruesome, disgusting and very graphic photos of what goes on in the scientific community in general Here are just a few sites..why don't you watch them and be disgusted http://www.animalcruelty.com/acmainmovie.html http://www.aavs.org/ http://www.factoryfarming.org/ http://www.furfreefriday.com/ Gee only a few out of a hundred...there are sites that show very graphic photos of this kind of needless experimentation of animals...and you have to have a strong stomach to see them...want to see...then I'll provide those sites next time to you So you say that there are guidelines for these places to conduct their research ...wake up....that is bull ==wake up to the real world!!

Did you even read my post, or just skim and come to a conclusion of what you THOUGHT I said? I'll try again. Animal testing definitely IS a problem. No one is denying that. That said, there is no evidence to support THIS claim. The only word of this, at all, anywhere, in existence, is from Peta. That's it. If there were any validity to this claim, a news source, a documented source, ANY other source would have information on it. None do. Your claim is that the people who've investigated this claim and debunked it can lie? My counter to you is so can PETA.

I know GnosticGoddess...I think these experimenters have a real sick attitude

Yes they do. What is wrong with these people...

Who knows why they are testing? Gee..are there ingredients in the candy that might not be safe for us??? Makes you wonder

Mmmmm..I love Godiva too :) well, never was an m&m lover much..ah, but now Hershey's Peanut Butter Cups...just love those!!

You're so right--experimentation and testing on animals is the same no matter what..I'm still against any kind of testing for medications...like no wonder there are so many recalls of meds when they're tested on animals.

Ever since I've read about this I've switched my candy brand, particularly now with Halloween coming up...loaded up on Hershey's Reese's Peanut Butter cup...yum

I'm very anti-testing on animals period...animal biology is so much different than us humans and since there are known alternatives to testing products and have been for over twenty years it doesn't make sense to continue

PETA isn't the only source I've heard about this but other animal organizations

Sorry for mistake it is Masterfoods who are the manufactuers.

Thanks there..I'm glad you added your own message to the petition...good thing I'm not much of a chocolate candy eater --if I do I'll stick to Hershey's

I don't just belong to PETA. I also am with The Humane Society of The US, Friends of Animals, ASPCA, Anti-Vivisection Society..too many to list... All animal experimentation is needless and serves no real purpose..I've seen photos for instance of a beagle dog...It was purposely set on fire and burned alive as an experiment to see the effects of burns...uh..like duh? Don't we kind of know that already? And the dog remained alive by the way while they continued to "test" the dog, which 3-degree burns on it's body and did nothing to help heal the burns...think that's NICE??

What people don't realise is that animals too benefit from vivisction. Literally billions of animals have been saved from disease ....how do you think cures and treatments in veterinary science get dicovered? All of our pets and many endangered pecies are helped by animal experimentation. Sure sometimes it looks unecessary but we should endeavour to hear the other side of any argument before we jump to judge. So much of PETA and HSUS propaganda is later exposed as lies that it is difficult to take anything they say seriously any more. As long as the animals are well looked after I don't have an issue with it. In some cases for example the ear growing on the mouses back...look horrible to our sensibilities but actually cause the animal no distress and those experiments in particular are already paying incredible results. Then often shocking photos of brain research on a conscious are shown but in fact this is regularly done on humans too: there are no nerves so sedation is unecessary. What is happening is people like PETA exploit ignorance.

That is awful! I can't believe anyone would do that.

Yeah it is stupid. Chcolate def. does not belong in a mouses's body. And chocolate has been around for A LONG time now, so why do they have to do so much testing with it now anyways? You think they would know about it now!

What I can't understand, why the heck do they have to experiment at all for chocolate? Doesn't make sense

I know brenda...what the hell do they need to experiment on animals for chocolate for? I'm against ANY kind of experimentation on animals, but if it's done for medical science reasons that's one thing--though of course am against that one-hundred percent..but for chocolate??..give me a break

The thought never would have crossed my mind, that chocolate would have any connection to experimenting on animals. It kind of makes me disgusted on all chocolates. But at least I know, there's other brands of chocolate, if I want it bad enough, I certainly won't miss Mars, and if I find out, they all do it, I'll give up all chocolate. It's not a necessity to me.

I'm very well aware all about PETA. PETA isn't the only animal advocate group that I'm involved with but also the Humane Society of The US, Anti-Vivisection, ASPCA, Friends of Animals and on and on. I also realize that PETA doesn't have a spotless record and some might consider them hypocritical, but they do make the public aware of what is going on in the animal world. If it hadn't been for them I wouldn't have known that two bills are being proposed in my state to once and for all make it illegal for the puppy mills to be in business. Sure wish other states would follow suit.

I think it's great that they want to pass bills like that, I don't believe in puppy mills either. But I own Pit Bulls and would never in a million years support a group that recommended the mass euthanasia of all Pits. When I was a "member" of Peta, I believed everything they said, and actually contacted them on numerous occassions via email, regarding some very serious issues, and all I got back were nasty, "person" written emails (not auto-responses, I mean) pretty much telling me to shut up, they knew better than me. I was looking out for the animals. THEY were looking out for their big donations from celebs with deep pockets. I read in one of the issues of animal times that Peta was recommending retractable leashes, so your dog could run freely. I simply emailed them and said they should maybe suggest the all tape retractables, instead of the ones with part cord, because I work at an animal hospital, and have seen HORRIBLE injuries, and A LOT of them, associated with cord leashes. We've actually had to amputate legs and tails, because pets were getting tangled, their fur burned off, with awful lacerations. People get injured by them, too. They told me to mind my own business, since they had never heard of anything like this happening. I once again emailed them after all of America saw Dennis Rodman running with the bulls, and having a great time doing it...NOT there to "protest", like he should have been as a "member" of Peta. He had just been featured in an issue of Animal Times for one reason or another, and I just thought they should be aware. They said "Oh, well, maybe he wasn't aware of the cruelty of that event." UM HELLO?! I don't think a blind 4 year old could be unaware of that LOL...all they care about it cash, checks, and celebrity faces. And if they dare come after MY pets, there will be no more Peta. I'm a member of the HSUS, HAHS, as well as volunteering and donating to local shelters and organizations. But Peta is one that I don't think deserves any of our time and money.

I know a lot of people are very anti-Peta but they have at least for the most part made people aware of some of the cruelties that do go on in the animal world...I happen to be very anti-animal testing when alternatives methods have been known for over twenty years and started by Johns Hopkins. I actually do happen to be a member of Peta..LOL...but I never go solely on what they say, but also get email alerts from HSUS and ASPCA...also Best Friends....between them all I've learned about puppy and kitten mills, factory farms and a lot more. I don't necessarily agree with everything Peta says or stands for...for instance I'm not a vegan, which might sound like a contradiction with my love for animals but only because going vegan (which I once did) created a lot of health problems for me

My complaint about Peta is their putting animals in danger just to fulfill their agenda. I know one case where they freed the animals kept at a college for Vet Techs right by a busy highway. These animals were being well cared for by the students with the permission of their owner. At the end of each school term all the animals are adopted out right down to the mice. The new owner get a healthy pet and the pet gets a loving home.

I know..Mars makes a lot of stuff...thank goodness my cats don't like Whiskas either--guess they know better, huh?. I'm glad you sent a letter of protest to them, and the added touch that the news is being spread in a worldwide forum--that was a great touch..thank you! :)

I think any kind of testing on animals is irrelevant...how does it prove anything when the biological make up between species is so different?

Maybe they're adding some kind of ingredient that has it's origins in China?? And we all know where that goes...recalls

Thank you for signing the petition...I've never been a big candy eater..but I did love The Three Muskateers, Snickers, etc...definitely changing my candy eating habits now

Good for you...I think I preferred Hershey's too...who can't resist a Reese's Peanut Butter cup--yummm