Here is a fantastic letter that a Hartz Victim sent to Hartz yesterday: Via Federal Express September 13, 2005 The Hartz Mountain Corporation 400 Plaza Drive Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 Attention: Consumer Relations Department Re: Adverse Effect Report and Damages Claim – EPA Reg. No. 2596-148 (Hartz Advanced Care Flea & Tick Drops Plus + [...]

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I receive a lot of submissions from people asking, “Josh, I know some Hartz products are bad for cats, but… Can I use this on my dog? Can I buy this chew toy? Can I send flea collars to my son who is in the Army in the Middle East to prevent desert ticks? Can [...]

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Hartz Victims, Elise and I will be on vacation out of the country until July 30. In the meantime, please browse the submissions archive or the forum as I won’t be actively updating HartzVictims.org for the next 7 days. Please be sure to visit Dani’s website: Against Hartz Thanks, Josh

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HartzVictims.org now has a forum! Please visit the forum to post additional stories and to contact other victims directly. The forum will be a great way for our cause to gain more ground and allow the media and professionals to have easier access to your stories.

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I’ve had a lot of requests recently for creative marketing peices. Specifically bumper stickers and fliers. If there is anyone who can create an effective ad promoting HartzVictims.org and our cause, it would be greatly appreciated. You will, of course, be given full, non-monetary credit. Please send only high resolution artwork – standard bumper sticker [...]

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Cheryl has sent HartzVictims.org an update on TJ. If you remember, TJ had a horrible reaction to one of Hartz’s flea collars for cats. TJ’s neck area seems to be improving. However, the areas above his eyes and numerous patchy areas throughout the rest of his fur, seem to be getting worse. He is also, [...]

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Dani authored a fantastic write-up on the dangers of using Hartz products with some very concrete facts. Read the published article over at AnimalHELP.com. Great job Dani!!

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If you’re a victim in the NYC metro area, I urge you to contact Brenda… Sender’s Name: Brenda Flanagan Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: I’m a reporter with the Investigative Unit of Ch9 TV News – NYC metro area. Ironically, we’re actually located in Secaucus – same town Hartz is in! I want to do a [...]

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Would any of you be interested in writing up an article to be published on animalhelp.com on behalf of HartzVictims.org? I will give the author full credit upon approval. See animalhelp.com’s request below. Please submit your article, with links, to me as soon as possible. Thanks, Josh Can you provide a fair but firm article [...]

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This is the letter and photos that Cheryl submitted to Hartz regarding her cat, TJ. WARNING: The photos below are very disturbing Per my vet, my cat, TJ, was poisoned by one of the Hartz Cat Flea collars. His neck looks like a turkey’s, his tail, paws, mouth, ears….any place that he touched with the [...]

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Dear Hartz Victims, It has been brought to my attention that visitors of this site have seen Hartz ads being served by Google. I have contacted Google and inquired about advanced ad filtering. Let it be known that I will not stand for ads that push a product that kills animals on this website. If [...]

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Sender’s Name: Kristine Lazar Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: Hello, I am a reporter at KGPE CBS-TV in Fresno. I am doing a special assignment piece on Hartz Flea and Tick medication, and the reactions it causes in some cats. I am looking to get in touch with a local pet owner who has had problems [...]

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Sender’s Name: Bobbi Mercer Sender’s Email: dew158 (at) bellsouth (dot) net Message: Letter to Hartz; October 10, 2004 Consumer Relations Department The Hartz Mountain Corporation 400 Plaza Drive Secaucus, NJ 07094 USA RE: My two cats poisoned by Hartz To Whom It May Concern: On October 6, 2004, I purchased your Hartz 3 and 1 [...]

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Sender’s Name: Erin McElroy Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: I am a CBS news reporter out of Milwaukee, and we’d like to give this story the attention it deserves. If your pet suffered from using Hartz flea products, please contact me @ 414-607-8111. I would like to talk with you.

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Sender’s Name: Charlyn Woodruff Sender’s Email: tigger2097 at frontiernet dot net Message: i am writing to let you know that anyone who has a pet who has had a reaction or died from Hartz products can report it to the FDA by going to www.FDA.gov, then type in form 1932 A under the search engine [...]

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Sender’s Name: mike owens Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: Hello: I’m a reporter in St. Louis Missouri, and would like more information about your group, and if there are any pet victims in the St. Louis area. Thanks, Mike Owens

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Sender’s Name: Roberta Bacher Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: I need all the help I can get in reports, letters from vets, letters with names and any attorneys involved. I want to file against Hartz. I almost lost Jazz, my Persian, due to Flea Drops. I paid out $700 to save her life. Please help me [...]

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Sender’s Name: Alex Zequeira Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: My name is Alex Zequeira with WTVJ NBC 6 News in Miami, Florida. I am looking for someone who has video of his or her cat experiencing an adverse reaction to the HARTZ flea medication. We are doing a story about this product, and video of cats [...]

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My mom sent me this story from the Houston Chronicle. Anyone out there know if adding brewer’s yeast to cats’ food really works in repelling fleas?

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AgainstHartz is selling t-shirts and bumper stickers.

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Sender’s Name: Alex Zequeira Sender’s Email: [email protected] My name is Alex Zequeira, with NBC 6 in Miami, Florida. We are looking to do a story about the HARTZ flea and tick medication. We need to get in contact with someone in the South Florida area that has had a bad experience using “Advanced Care Flea [...]

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HartzVictims.org Sender’s Name: Christy Sender’s Email: ccsez Message: Josh- what you are doing is awesome-I just wish I would have found this site a little sooner, unfortunatly My 2 yr old Baby boy is sick and had 2 seiszures 6-04-04 because of the advanced Hartz flea drops, after rushing to the emergency vet and being [...]

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My apologies to those who have written in to me.  I recently changed jobs and haven’t had a lot of time in the past two weeks to keep up with correspondences.  I promise I will get back to you soon. Thanks, Josh

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Sender’s Name: debbie johnson Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: I have a strange problem with my black and white cat, he is fixed and is between 3 and 4 years old. He all of a sudden has started pawing and humping the couch or afghan and gets all glassy eyed and makes a weird meow, I [...]

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Sender’s Name: Linda Sachs Message: I am a producer with CH 2 News in New York City. I am interested in talking with any New York metropolitan area cat owners whose cats got sick after they used Hartz Advanced Care Flea and Tick Once a Month Drops. Am interested in problems that have occurred with [...]

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HartzVictims.org was hacked on Sunday, March 25, 2004. As far as I can tell, nothing was too terribly damaged. I had to spend a couple days (fuming) getting things back to normal but everything seems to be fine now. As you’re browsing HartzVictims.org should you see something abnormal (website-related), please let me know. Thanks, Josh

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Sender’s Name: Tina Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: Could someone respond to my message that was sent a couple of days ago about my cat that died from the poison in the Hartz product. I have contacted Hartz and just want to be able to communicate with anyone else that lost their pet from these harmful [...]

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From: “Jan Miller” Subject: DANGERS AT PETCO ( I have 2 Shih-tzus named Fifi and Bubby who my family and I love very much. This weekend was the most horrible weekend I have ever spent with my 2 pups. On Thursday night, my 2 babies started getting sick. Fifi started to bleed from her rectum. [...]

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Sender’s Name: Kyle Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: I am looking for legal advice or suggestions on how to handle my case of a cat who nearly died from flea/tick spray. Hartz wants the original bottle shipped to them after lab tests proved the presence of lethal chemicals and I don’t know if that’s a great [...]

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Sender’s Name: Whei Wong, Reporter, Fox 31 News Sender’s Email: [email protected] Message: We are interested in doing a story on this issue in Colorado.  Do you have any victims that live in our state?  Please contact me at the above email!  Thanks, Whei

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