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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