Bad News for Hartz = Good News for Pets

More bad press for the companies peddling pet poison!

Over the years, ConsumerAffairs.com, which specializes in collecting and investigating consumer complaints, has amassed enough complaints about Hartz, Sergeant’s, and Sentry flea and tick products to fill the Grand Canyon. And recently,  they put together a thoroughly researched and well written article that you should read, re-read, send to your friends, your vet, your pet groomer, your dog walker, your pet sitter, your Aunt Mary, and everyone else you know.

The piece describes the atrocities committed by Hartz et al, who make and sell products that they know are unsafe. It also discusses the failure of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remove these products from shelves, despite receiving thousands upon thousands of reports of adverse reaction and death in animals treated with the products.

NRDC’s Green Paws Campaign Bolsters Fight Against Hartz

GreenPaws.org

The good people at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have launched GreenPaws.org, a major campaign against those who wish to poison our pets for profit. Green Paws represents the culmination of rigorous, comprehensive research conducted by the NRDC’s dedicated scientists and advocates. The site has many useful resources, including easy-to-read reports and fact sheets, and a product guide that details toxicity findings on numerous brand-name flea and tick products. They also offer simple steps for controlling fleas without hazardous chemicals.

While you’re there, request an action kit to help share this life-saving information with your groomer, kennel, or other pet service provider. Also, tell the EPA to do its job by banning the use of these deadly chemicals in pet products!

NBC4 Blows Whistle on EPA, Hartz

NBC4 Los Angeles should be on the EPA’s payroll.  Why?  Because NBC4 is doing what the EPA should be doing — protecting the public from companies that peddle dangerous flea and tick treatments to unsuspecting pet owners. Watch the video below.

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“The products we investigated are flea and tick shampoos and drops sold by major companies like Sergeant’s, Bio Spot, and Hartz,” the article reads. ”They all contain the same type of pesticide, called pyrethrins or the synthetic versions known as pyrethroids. These are the same pesticides in household products like ‘Raid,’ used to kill bugs around your home.”

NBC4 and other outstanding news stations are a tremendous force in our campaign against Hartz et al. They spread the word far and wide about these depraved corporations, undermining their carefully constructed façades of legitimacy, warning unsuspecting pet owners, affecting sales, and slowly but surely chipping away at the market viability of their products.

But ultimately, only the EPA has the legal authority to remove these deadly flea and tick “treatments” from the market, so we are asking you to use the information on our sidebar to contact the EPA today and demand that they address this longstanding issue.

Be sure to forward the NBC4 article and video to everyone you know who loves animals, and always remember — kill fleas, not pets.

Ever Wonder Why Hartz Kills Cats and Dogs?

Most civilized people, they love pets quite a lot.
But the Hartz, who lived in New Jersey, did NOT!
Hartz hated pets! No matter what season!
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.

It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right.
It could be his sweatpants were cinched up too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all,
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

Whatever the reason, his heart or his sweats,
Hartz stood there angrily hating your pets,
Staring down from his office with a sour, Hartzy frown,
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.
For he knew that people were feeding their cats
Or tucking their dogs into warm, cozy mats.

“They take them on walks!” he snarled with a sneer,
“They buy them chew toys! How perfectly queer!”
Then he growled, and he said without any misgiving,
“I MUST find some way to stop all pets from living!”

Then he got an idea! An awful idea!
THE HARTZ GOT A MURDEROUS, AWFUL IDEA!

“All I need is some poison.” The Hartz looked around.
But, since poison is scarce, there was none to be found.
Did that stop the old Hartz? No! The Hartz simply said, 
“If I can’t find some poison, I’ll make some instead!”

“I’ll sell this to people!” The Hartz laughed at his plot
As he whipped up a lethal brew in a pot.
And he chuckled, and clucked, “What a great Hartzy trick!”
“This will kill cats and dogs, but not harm fleas or ticks!”

Unlike the Grinch, who realizes the error of his ways and whose heart grows three sizes, the Hartz remains an evil, unrepentant, animal-killing monster. Hartz will continue to sell its toxic flea and tick products as long as there are people who haven’t heard the awful truth. Please tell everyone you know — and even people you don’t know – to steer clear of all Hartz products. Let’s make 2009 less profitable for Hartz — and safer for cats and dogs everywhere.

Have a Healthy, Hartz-Free Holiday

Give your dog or cat the gift of life this holiday season by not inadvertently poisoning them to death with Hartz et al’s lethal flea and tick products. Every day, cats and dogs become violently ill and die when their loving owners attempt to treat their fleas using Hartz’s toxic brew. Hartz and similar brands make billions of dollars each year selling products that they and the EPA know have killed thousands and thousands of animals. In fact, the EPA has received 33,000 complaints about Hartz alone since the year 2000.

The best gift you can give to your friends, family members, and coworkers this season is the gift of information. Print out these business card-sized flyers and put one in each of your holiday cards. When you’re paying your bills, slip one into each envelope. Hand them out at the dog park. Pin them to bulletin boards. And if you’re feeling particularly frisky, slip one into each package of Hartz flea and tick products at your local big-box stores (including Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart, PetSmart, and Petco).

With your help, fewer dogs and cats will needlessly die so that some rich bastards can summer in the Hamptons.

Just Another Day at Hartz Mountain Corporation

It’s not just Hartz’s flea and tick products and cat vitamins that can poison and even kill your pet. Their dog treats are deadly, too. Hartz Mountain Corporation has issued a recall of its “chicken-basted rawhide chips for dogs” because it turns out that they are contaminated with Salmonella.

But this isn’t really news. It’s just another day at the Hartz Mountain Corporation.

Future Hartz Employee Born

While it is generally our belief that the world is full of possibilities for every baby that is born, there are some instances when a baby’s future is totally obvious. Such is the case with Lucifer, who was born on the side of the road in Kansas over the weekend. Weighing in at 6.66 pounds, Lucifer has all of the attributes of the typical Hartz employee: horns, tail, cloven hooves, forked tongue, and an unfathomable stench. And just look at the color of his skin — why, he already has blood on his hands!

Hartz Syndrome Launches

The fight against Hartz is gaining momentum. Please visit Hartz Syndrome, a new site dedicated to exposing Hartz Mountain Corporation’s senseless slaughter of people’s beloved pets. The site owner has put together a scorching video indictment of the company that is responsible for the deaths of thousands and thousands of cats and dogs.

Hartz Reaction Exposed on Video

A devastated cat owner has posted this video of his cat’s reaction to Hartz flea and tick drops on HartzVictims.org. Please watch the video and forward the link to everyone you know who has a pet.

In the Bio-Spotlight with Gracie

This is Gracie. Bio Spot Flea & Tick Control nearly killed her. Fortunately, Gracie’s mom acted quickly when she noticed that Gracie had become lethargic and was jerking and spinning herself around. She googled Bio Spot and discovered that the product, which is made by Farnam, had sickened and killed countless cats and dogs. She rushed her pup to the vet.

“I’m wishing I would have googled it BEFORE I used that stuff,” she writes in her blog entry.

Fortunately, Gracie was saved — but thousands of dogs and cats treated with toxic flea and tick products are not so lucky. Please spread the word.

Read the full text of Gracie’s story >