IAMS feeling the heat!

[windy hollow]

From: "Iams Customer Service" <Customer.Service@Iams.Com> Add to Address Book
To: Windy Hollow Beagles
Subject: Hello from Marti @ Iams!
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:08:53 -0400




Dear Dog Enthusiast:

You recently contacted us regarding our affiliation with the HSUS. We'd
like
to thank you for taking the time to express your concern as well as
update
you on a recent decision made by our organization.

The Iams Company will not be funding the Petfest America events with
HSUS
again next year. We appreciate all of the direct feedback we have
received
from the dog community and apologize for the frustration that this
sponsorship has caused. We have a lot of exciting innovations planned
next
year, which will require our focused time and resources.

As a leader in the pet industry, The Iams Company is about educating
all pet
owners on pet health care and nutrition - from the family pet to the
active
competitor. We are definitely pro-dog and clearly not anti-hunting. We
look
forward to continuing our long history of support of the sporting dog
community and leadership in the industry with innovative research to
improve
the health and well-being of athletic dogs. We hope that we can put
this
behind us and focus on the future -- great performing foods for great
performing dogs.

Iams and Eukanuba Sponsorships and Support of the Sporting Dog
Community:

* AKC Master National Hunt Test
* AKC National Gun Dog Championship
* AKC Pointer National Championship
* Brittany National Amateur Championship
* Canadian National Amateur Retriever Championship
* Canadian National Retriever Championship
* ESPN Great Outdoor Games
* Eukanuba Beagle Championship
* German Wirehaired Pointer Nationals & Specialty
* GSPCA National Specialty
* National Amateur Retriever Championship
* National Bird Dog Championship
* National German Pointing Dog Championship
* National Retriever Championship
* NGSPA Championship
* Official U.S. Gun Dog Team, 2004 National Countrysports Fair,
Northern Ireland
* Vizsla Nationals & Specialty
* Weimaraner Nationals & Winter Specialty

Other facts regarding Iams and past support:

* The Iams Company is the only dog food company to support the
Armbruster Test, an international hunt test for Deutsche Drahthaars.
* The Iams Company is the only dog food company to financially support
the quail restoration project on the Ames Plantation, home to the
National
Bird Dog Championship and for many years we have commissioned original
oil
paintings by Ross B. Young, of the National Champion Bird Dog.
* We conducted the Iams Retriever Symposium for breeders and trainers
of retrievers and also support Team Eukanuba Seminars around the
country.
* We support Quail Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, The Ruffed Grouse
Society, and Ducks Unlimited.
* We publish Care and Nutrition of the Sporting Dog, one of the only
manuals for hunters and field trialers.
* For over 20 years, The Iams Company has been the acknowledged leader
in nutritional research for performance dogs. We developed the only "in
the
field" research study of pointing dogs and hunting performance.

Again, we appreciate you sharing your concern and for giving us the
opportunity to respond. If you need further information or have
specific
questions, please contact Consumer Care at 800-525-4267. We are
available
Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00
p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. If you prefer, please email us anytime!

Best regards,
Marti Hissong
Iams Consumer Care NA