Global Day of Action Against Procter & Gamble
Saturday, May 22nd

As World Week for Animals in Laboratories wraps up, we are working to continue exposing the horrific practices of animal testing. Global Day of Action Against Procter & Gamble (P&G) is Saturday, May 22nd and marks the 9th Annual Global Boycott of P&G! This international event is coordinated internationally by In Defense of Animals (IDA) and Uncaged Campaigns to gather activists and concerned citizens across the world to speak out against P&G's unnecessary animal tests.

As the date draws nearer, and as P&G continues to mislead consumers about its animal-testing practices, it becomes more and more urgent for IDA to reach as many active, dedicated individuals as possible with correct information about P&G and the truth about their continued tests on animals.

These animals need your help!  Get involved! Organize an action in your city against P&G. Your help will make a difference. 

IDA has great materials urging consumers "Don't Buy The Lie"  P&G continues to tell about its continued use of animals in testing and research. View the complete list of new "Don't Buy The Lie" products at http://www.pandgkills.com/you/merch.html. 

To get the word out to as many people as possible, we suggest leafleting outside a centrally located supermarket stocking lots of P&G products. Protesters can also collect P&G products from friends and neighbors and return them, demanding a refund because of P&G's animal-testing policy. This makes for a potential media story as well, so let local newspapers and television and radio stations know what you’re up to. (For tips on making the news and working with the media, visit http://www.idausa.org/ir/activist/makenews.html.

P&G is a multi-billion dollar corporation that, despite the development of more advanced methodologies continues to blind, poison and kill animals unnecessarily to test deodorants, laundry detergents and other products. More than 500 other companies, including Estee Lauder, Amway, Revlon and The Body Shop, manufacture and develop safe products without animal testing.

1.  Buy only cruelty-free products. Get in the habit of checking the backs of product labels to find out what company makes the product you are buying and look for statements that the product was not tested on animals. Use our free cruelty-free list to find out which companies do not test on animals, and buy only products from companies on that list. Encourage your friends and family members to do the same.

2.  Become a P&G Coordinator today! Start by joining the P&G boycott. Refuse to buy P&G products. Help spread the word to others. Circulate educational brochures, available through IDA, to your family, friends, co-workers and others in your community. View the latest brochures and bumper stickers here. Contact IDA for copies to distribute.

3.  Write letters to the editors of your local newspapers and weekly newspapers. Find a listing of all U.S. newspapers at: www.usnpl.com. Make sure to let us know if your letter gets printed. Below is a sample, though using your own words is strongly encouraged. For tips on effective letter-writing, visit: http://www.idausa.org/ir/activist/makenews.html#10.

4.  Please write to Procter & Gamble CEO, A.G. Lafley, and let him know that until P&G ends all testing, you will boycott their products.

A.G. Lafley
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Procter & Gamble
1 Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45202
1-800-543-1745
513-983-9369 (fax)
www.PG.com

5.  Encourage students to ask their school cafeterias to no longer sell Procter & Gamble products, such as Pringles or Sunny Delight, and to use only cruelty-free cleaning products. Creating a petition for students to sign is a great approach.

6.  Call and write any companies that currently test products on animals. Let them know you will not purchase their products until they adopt corporate policies against animal testing. Most companies have toll-free 800 numbers that you can call at the company’s expense!

7.  Write to your congressional representatives and ask them to support any legislation that would discourage companies from using animals for safety tests or that calls for alternatives to animal testing. Visit our online action center to look up your representatives at http://ga0.org/indefenseofanimals/home.html.

If you have any questions about the Procter & Gamble campaign or to obtain a P&G Action pack, contact us at alerts@idausa.org.

Help us help animals! Join Global Day of Action Against Procter & Gamble! Visit www.pandgkills.com or http://www.uncaged.co.uk/