Please sign this petition to save animals from being trapped in Yoplait containers by pledging to not buy Yoplait and convince the makers to change the shape of the cup.
[font=Tahoma:275uhmwt]Protect wildlife - remove the inside flange from Yoplait containers.
Wildlife Emergency Services
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Wildlife Emergency Services
Since 1978, when they first appeared on grocery store shelves, General Mills' Yoplait yogurt containers have been killing wildlife, perhaps thousands of animals each year.
Tempted by the sweet smell, animals stick their heads inside the conical-shaped containers to lick the bottom, and they get stuck.
It's not so much the "vercon" shape of the cup or the size of the opening (5.25"), but the thin lip, or flange, at the top that angles in, not out.
How animals get stuck: The design of the cup allows an animal to force its head past the flexible rim, but when it tries to back out, the flange catches on the animal's hide, the back of its skull, or zygomatic arches (cheekbones).
Deprived of fresh air, unable to see, unable to eat or drink, these animals suffer and die if not rescued in time.
