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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Anthony,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>P&G bought out the Natura Food line
last month. From what I was told</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>by my friend who sells the line it would
be at least 5 months before the</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>new food gets on the shelves because of
the amount of inventory on hand.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Martha stays up on all the
lastest.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>The problem that many times happens when
big companies (P&G, Mars, etc)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>buy out the better food lines is that the
quality of the product goes down so</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>they can market it in the big box stores
but still have the reputation. A lot of </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>the big companies do very invasive animal
testing. Natura did minimal animal</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>testing (mainly blood tests) and
the animals were well taken care of. If I
remember</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>right every 2 yrs or so the animals
were adopted out with lifetime vet care and</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>food. I seriously doubt that
P&G will follow those same policies. Natura
also </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>bought all their products from the U.S.
to make the food.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Droolz,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Karen and The Dog House Gang
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