Hartz Angry Birds Gift Guide

As the Angry Birds craze continues this holiday season, the toymakers at Hartz Mountain Corporation are giving cats and dogs a chance to take a bite out of the action. Hartz is launching an exclusive line of Angry Birds pet toys that feature the unique characters from the acclaimed franchise. Treat your pets to the new, exciting line of toys this holiday season!

Hartz® Angry Birds® products are currently available nationwide at mass merchandisers like Walmart, grocery stores and online retailers such as Walmart.com and Amazon.com. The suggested retail prices range from $3.99 to $10.99. For more information about Hartz® Angry Birds® pet toys or to find additional Hartz products, visit www.hartz.com.

Hartz® Angry Birds® Birds Gone Crazy™
Watch your feline companion swat, chase, and hunt each of these six little Hartz® Angry Birds® characters, as the bell inside makes your furry friend keep coming back for more. These Hartz exclusive toys will entertain your cat for hours and are sure to bring many happy meows this Holiday Season.
Hartz® Angry Birds® Catnip Heads™
This catnip refillable toy is bound to cause a kitty frenzy! Collect all three Hartz® Angry Birds® characters to entertain your cat for hours!
Hartz® Angry Birds® Running Bird™
Cats are natural born hunters. Stimulate this predatory instinct with our catnip refillable Running Bird™. Pull this toy’s tail to make it shake and vibrate across the floor, just daring your cat to pounce and play.
Hartz® Angry Birds® Hard Heads™
This 4” latex ball is filled with polyester fibers, providing for a long-lasting and fun chew experience for your favorite companion. Equipped with a squeaker inside, the three Angry Birds® characters will bring joy to your pet for hours!

Hartz® Angry Birds® Wand™Hartz® Angry Birds® Wand™ is an interactive toy that will provide hours of fun for you and your cat. It comes with two catnip refillable characters with feathers and a bell attached that will keep your favorite feline companion coming back for more!

Hartz® Angry Birds® Plush Ball™ with soundchip
Squeeze this 4” plush ball and hear it come to life with the real Angry Birds® soundwaves! Also available in a 2.5” version for smaller dogs. /
Hartz® Angry Birds® Two Heads™
Made of soft plush material with a squeaker in the middle, this collectable toy is bound to become one of your dog’s toss and retrieve favorites. At 17” long from end to end, this will be the best stocking stuffer your pup will receive this Holiday Season! Also available in a 7” version for smaller dogs.
Hartz® Angry Birds® Tuff Stuff™ Flyer
Our Hartz® Angry Birds® Tuff Stuff™ Flyer is double sided! With a red bird on one side and a green pig on the other, our durable yet flexible flyers travel long distances and are easy on your dog’s teeth. Constructed of super-durable ballistic nylon and double stitched seams, this toy can stand up to even the toughest chewers. Grips throughout the disc also make this a great tug toy, and the squeaker in the center will keep your dog interested during solo play. They even float!

ABOUT HARTZ MOUNTAIN CORPORATION

For over 80 years, Hartz has offered products that optimize your pet’s health and overall well being. TheHartz Mountain Corporationline of pet products was born in 1926 with packaged bird food, and expanded through the 1950s into goldfish, tropical fish and a full line of aquatic supplies. Dog and cat products, most notably the Hartz flea & tickcollar -- still the #1 selling flea & tick collar for both cats and dogs—since it’s launch in the 1960s. Based in Secaucus, New Jersey, Hartz today offers over 2,000 innovative products catering to dogs, cats, parakeets, canaries, parrots, cockatiels, finches, goldfish, tropical fish, reptiles, ferrets, chinchillas, guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits—through 40,000 U.S. and Canadian retail outlets. Other successful Hartz flea control products include Hartz flea drops.

ABOUT ROVIO

Rovio is an entertainment media company based in Finland, and the creator of the globally successful Angry Birds franchise. Rovio was founded in 2003 as a mobile game development studio, and the company has developed several award-winning titles for various mobile platforms. In 2009, Rovio released Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game for touchscreen smartphones that became a worldwide phenomenon from 2010 onwards. The Angry Birds games have enjoyed continuing worldwide chart success, and the franchise has since expanded to a variety of new business areas. Rovio is rapidly expanding its activities in broadcast media, merchandising, publishing and services.

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