Spoken letter from a dog named Flachsi

The letter is from a dog surrendered to a pound, then sold to a laboratory that tests on animals. It is a heart wrenching tale and you can just picture in your mind, the pain and suffering he had to endure. Click to hear his story. (There are no graphic images, only words). There are thousands upon thousands of animals like Flachsi suffering in laboratories every day. Please consider boycotting the following companies as animal testing (of personal care and household products) that is not required by law.

 

These are the companies that still TEST on animals (updated July 2008)

Arm & Hammer (Church & Dwight)
Bic Corporation (This company is currently observing a moratorium on animal testing)
Chesebrough-Ponds (Fabergé, Ponds, Vaseline)
Church & Dwight (Aim, Arm & Hammer, Arrid, Brillo, Close-up, Lady’s Choice, Mentadent, Nair, Orange Glo International, Pearl Drops)
Clairol (Aussie, Daily Defense, Herbal Essences, Infusium 23, Procter & Gamble)
Clorox (ArmorAll, Formula 409, Fresh Step, Glad, Liquid Plumber, Pine-Sol, Soft Scrub, S.O.S., Tilex)
Colgate-Palmolive Co.(Hills Pet Nutrition, Mennen, Palmolive, SoftSoap, Speed Stick)
Cover Girl (Procter & Gamble)
Dial Corporation (Dry Idea, Purex, Renuzit, Right Guard, Soft & Dri)
Johnson & Johnson (Aveeno, Clean & Clear, Listerine, Lubriderm, Neutrogena, Rembrandt, ROC)
Lever Bros. (Unilever)
L’Oréal U.S.A. (Biotherm, Cacharel, Garnier, Giorgio Armani, Helena Rubinstein, Lancôme, Matrix Essentials, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Redken, Soft Sheen, Vichy)
Max Factor (Procter & Gamble)
Mead
Melaleuca
Mennen Co. (Colgate-Palmolive)
New Dana Perfumes
Noxell (Procter & Gamble)
Olay Co./Oil of Olay (Procter & Gamble)
Oral-B (Procter & Gamble)
Pantene (Procter & Gamble)
Physique (Procter & Gamble)
Playtex Products (Banana Boat)
Procter & Gamble Co. (Clairol, Cover Girl, Crest, Gillette, Giorgio, Iams, Max Factor, Physique, Tide)
Reckitt Benckiser (Easy Off, Lysol, Mop & Glo, Old English, Resolve, Spray ’N Wash, Veet, Woolite)
Richardson-Vicks (Procter & Gamble)
Schering-Plough (Bain de Soleil, Coppertone, Dr. Scholl’s)
S.C. Johnson (Drano, Edge, Fantastik, Glade, OFF!, Oust, Pledge, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout, Skintimate, Windex, Ziploc)
SoftSoap Enterprises (Colgate-Palmolive)
Suave (Unilever)
Unilever (Axe, Dove, Lever Bros., Suave, Sunsilk)

 

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