RSPCA slams new Pfizer drug for dogs
The RSPCA has come out against Slentrol , Pfizer’s new dieting drug for dogs, in the Daily Mail this week. The charity’s senior scientist, Dr Jane Cooper told the Mail that the drug could cause side-effects such as vomiting and diarrhoea, and that the tests needed to bring the drug to market had led to the suffering of many dogs, cats and other animals, some of which were subsequently put down. Given that just about every drug has potential side-effects and all are required by law to undergo testing, it seems the only purpose of these highly emotive and calculated comments is to inflict...