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Get Mars Out of Our Schools
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Every so often, there's a pro-animal story so darn cute that the webmasters of ICanHasCheezburger.com get jealous.
According to this piece in the Wrexham Leader, 11-year-old Gaby Trotter seems to have established more as an animal advocate than many adult activists can boast. She managed to research Mars' history of animal testing, set up her own Web site on the subject, and speak to school administrators about banning Mars products in her school.
I think at that age, I was busy playing video games, impressing friends and family members by eating frosted cupcakes in a single bite, and arguing with my sister. Way to raise the standard, Gaby!
—Sean
Posted by Sean Conner, Laboratory Investigations Special Projects Coordinator
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Way to go, Gaby.
If Mars really wants to find a health benefit (cacao, etc.) to their products that they can brag about, they should be conducting research on humans. After all, this is the only species their products are marketed to.
Posted by: Mike Quinoa | May 23, 2008 10:26 AM
Why does Mars test on animals?
Posted by: Annie | May 27, 2008 08:12 PM
Why the hell would a candy company market a candy bar on animals there focus is on food for humans...thats disgusting...i hate mars anyway
Posted by: katreena | May 28, 2008 01:22 PM
Way to go, Gaby.
If Mars really wants to find a health benefit (cacao, etc.) to their products that they can brag about, they should be conducting research on humans. After all, this is the only species their products are marketed to.
Posted by: tia carpenter | May 30, 2008 10:31 AM
Good stuff, Gaby
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: lynda downie | May 30, 2008 10:14 PM
I am the same age as Gaby and my friend Brooke and other members at my school have teamed up throughout the year and gotten almost 100 students to stop eating Mar sCandy and go to marscandykills.com. I hope everyone can work together to stop this.
Posted by: Haille Armstrong, 11 | June 1, 2008 04:08 PM
mars smells
Posted by: margret | June 25, 2008 09:16 AM
Itsssss wrong!!!!! Even for the delicious taste!
I would rather eat poo than your horrid mars bars!
Posted by: a school pupil | June 27, 2008 05:34 AM
help stop mars from killing a preicous animals im a 10 year old girl named cara and i want you to stop killing are animals i want to be a vet not an animal killer so please help stop killing are prues animals.
Posted by: cara | July 8, 2008 05:05 PM
ANIMAL TESTING BAD!!!
MARS CANDY BAD!!!!
Please save the animals
and stop eating that horrible candy its bad for you any ways!!!!! Its not healthy!!
Posted by: By a Believer | July 16, 2008 08:38 AM
Aw thats so sad. I didnt even know they did that until just now. Ill tell all my friends to stop eating those.
Posted by: Nichole | August 19, 2008 09:42 PM
Pity those animals. Skittles was my all time favorite candy. WAS. I'm honestly disgusted in their actions and I'm definitely spreading the word and probably stop my friends from buying MARS candy bars or any other candy that are related to animal cruelty.
Posted by: evelynnyee | August 21, 2008 06:20 AM
no more mars candy for MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Posted by: mijimimimimimimim | September 7, 2008 05:22 PM
y do mars have to such a ridiculos company? i h8 their candy but y test on mice y not animals nd its not like the test will have t do wit humans its just out of curiosity!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Briel | September 9, 2008 03:47 PM
people are stupid for animal testing so you BETTER try to stop them.PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Caroline Garrett | September 12, 2008 02:59 PM
This is horrible and wrong! I'm going to take it one step farther! I'm going to try to get an entire school district to stop using mars candy! if you can get a district you can get a city if you can get a city you can get a state if you get a state you can get a country
and if you get a country you can get the world!
Posted by: Marie | September 18, 2008 05:21 PM
Woww u r such a wonderful person!! u r so mature for doing that !!!
Great work Girl!!
Posted by: Kary Jones | September 25, 2008 03:44 PM
at my school I am asking my principal if we can put up signs telling people not to buy mars candy for halloween
Posted by: Hannah | September 28, 2008 11:04 AM
wow. why test on animals?? we don't feed animals candy bars. we eat them. mars is so stupid. i refuse to buy from them. i hate them.
Posted by: Hannah | October 7, 2008 04:45 PM
STOP BUYING MARZ CANDY!!!!!!!
Posted by: jael | October 8, 2008 04:27 PM
yesterday i just learned that and today i have made 3 classes not enjoy there M&MS!!! any way these 3 classes has returned in all there Mars candy they were supose to sell and portested them being in are school!GO GADY FIGHT MARS!!!!!
Posted by: della | October 8, 2008 10:06 PM
they say that mars candy is testing on ANIMALS because they want 2 c if it does any harm to people. ANIMALS ARE DIFFRENT candy doesnt do any harm 2 people but 2 animals it does!ofcorse candy could kill them!!! these people (mars) are stupid! SET THE ANIMALS FREE!!!
THEY SHOULD STOP THE TESTING!!!
Posted by: jacqueline | October 10, 2008 08:09 PM
I used to LOVE mars candy until I heard rumors about animal testing.I did more research about it and found out about marscandykills.com. GO GABBY KEEP IT UP!!!! MARS CANDY KILLS!!!!!
Posted by: Lana Smith | October 11, 2008 08:35 PM
i think that the only way to get rid of mars in schools is to stop selling food period.(JUNK FOOD IS WHAT I MEAN)the food just sits there and rots away and no one buys it. half the time the food is stale. DO NOT BUY MARS CANDY. MARS IS THE CRULIEST, NASTIEST AND TERRIFING CANDY OF THEM ALL. I HATE MARS . WHEN I AM OLDER MY KIDS WONT EVEN HAVE MARS (IF IT IS STILL SELLING) LETS HOPE NOT. NO MORE ANIMAL TESTING PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: jesse | October 12, 2008 02:00 PM
Tell me why mars tests on animals?
they dont make stuff like hair products.
idk I Will notify every1 i know
i Will posr signs around the city
i WILL tell my school officials
i Will spread the word
if mars is doing this why isn't hershey doing this??
they both make candy {prove me wrong}
this just isn't making any sence to me AT ALL
Posted by: manny | October 12, 2008 02:30 PM
Today I spread the Mars news at church. GO GABY
Posted by: Lana,12 | October 12, 2008 03:26 PM
I have just started an email petion and am appalled at the mars company. I am in junior high and will speak to our store supplier about the mars company THIS IS NOT RIGHT! Animals have feelings too and we as civilized citizens should respect that, but I will support this petion until this stupid stuff has stopped with mars
Posted by: Tara Amonson | October 13, 2008 11:13 PM
wow...hope she becomes a leader!
Posted by: Anna | October 14, 2008 08:57 PM
booo..... mars kills
Posted by: isaiah j. gonzalez | October 14, 2008 09:29 PM
Good idea. Im 13 and im gonna do that at my school. what they do is disgusting and wrong.
Posted by: Will Sanders | October 23, 2008 09:36 PM
OMG i cant beleive how they would do such horrible things. those poor innocent helpless animals. UUUHHHH im so disgusted of mars.i feel so ashamed of all tose times i ate candy from them
Posted by: jas | October 25, 2008 10:22 PM
Way to go gaby!
Mars candy isn't really that good anyway.
Posted by: Jana | November 3, 2008 03:38 PM
I HATE IT when they test on animals.. like really.. why are they testing on them anyways.. PLEASE dont eat these killer mars candy even if it tastes good there is a million other bars out there and its not good for you anyways!!!
Posted by: jenna | November 14, 2008 11:27 PM
hey cool
Posted by: rachel | November 15, 2008 04:30 PM
i am also thirteen and i am trying to get everyone i know to stop eating mars chocolate. I hate that they test on animals and i think that they should stop because it is disgusting and my friends agree also :)
Posted by: molly grubb | November 18, 2008 07:34 AM
I think its wrong that Mars Candy tests their products on animals, i mean hello it us, humans, eating it not the animals! I think they should test their products on humans that are in prison on deathrow because their gonna die anyways, they deserve to die and get tourmented for the nasty things they have done to get them on deathrow.
Posted by: Tesla | November 22, 2008 09:54 PM
Mars also make's dogfood and catfood and and treats for the dog&cats
Posted by: Steve | January 5, 2009 04:14 AM
it will be easy to not eat such delicious candy, but I'll do i for my chinchilla!!!
Posted by: mack | January 10, 2009 01:52 PM
Please can you tell us what mars products use animal testing. We would like it if you could contact Mars inc. about this and stop this altogether! I know lots of people who won't care if they use animal testing and will continue to use their products so together we can stop this cruelty!!! Thank you
Posted by: Kate | January 10, 2009 02:49 PM
i saw the mars animal testing video and i bawled my eyes out through the whole video! Now i do not use or eat anything that does'nt say no animal testing!!
Posted by: Amber | February 3, 2009 04:21 PM
Animal testing is wrong and supports no real truth when it comes to humans, mars candy needs to stop testing on animals... I will not buy another candy bar from them until they stop.
Posted by: miranda | February 7, 2009 04:37 PM
this is outrageous! i love mars candy!
Posted by: mat | February 16, 2009 04:19 PM
my friend, simron, and i are protesting against the Mars candy funding the experiments, and we are constantly getting new people trying to help us to protest. we also have one of teachers protesting. she has always let students buy candy from her, but now she's changed her purchases to other types of candy then what is evil.
Posted by: chelsea | February 18, 2009 07:46 PM
Well done Gaby. I just found out about the Mars factory funding for these tests. I think its horrible and disgusting and I am writing an email to my school principal asking for him to ban Mars products from our school canteen. I hope that the video on the MarsCandyKills.com will be shown at our assembly to help explain, if he does agree to ban these products.
Posted by: Bryon | April 2, 2009 07:55 PM
omg im fro mexico guys and gaby its ery awesome what u are doing for animals MARS DESERVE TO DIE NO ONE BUYS CANDYS FROM THEM PLEASE IM PRETTY SURE THEY WILL GIVE U THE TANKS BY ANY WAY PLZ DONT DO IT and plz stop using many producuts plz.
Juan alberto from aguascalientes mexico, many ppl here eat candys too specially mars ones, ill tell them to dont buy them and dont eat them, im 19 and i just tear up because of this, its sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
sad F**K U MARS AND F**K TO THE CRUELITY HERE
hope mars company dies forever stupid ppl the devil will come from u and when mars ppl die they will be monkeys and rats and they will test on u !!!!!!
-.- this is sad and im angry i will NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER BUY MARS CANDYS
Posted by: juan alberto | May 15, 2009 10:42 PM
I dont understand...if there testing a chocolate...whats up with animals? i mean dogs get blind when you give them candy,you know...
Posted by: i hate mars anyway | May 28, 2009 01:50 PM
i'm so proud of you. i'm reasearching animal testing for my voices in action presentation. and this is the coolest thing ever. a great idea. i'll def try it.
Posted by: Danielle | June 4, 2009 12:09 AM