Best Friends to Open Full-Service Pet Center in Willow Grove PA; New State-of-the-Art Facility to Offer Pet Boarding Grooming Training and More

The facility will also house a veterinary hospital, independently
operated by Healthy Pet, providing an array of pet health services,
from preventive to diagnostic and diagnostic and surgery.

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The Company has also rolled out CareFRESH(R) Colors(TM) for in-store use
when merchandising live animals.absorbent. **If you have received
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Features of the Best Friends Willow Grove Pet Care Center will
include:

Doggy Village, with more than 200 deluxe two-room suites and
nine Vacation Villa luxury suites for dogs;

Kitty City, with 36 multi-story cat condos for feline guests;

a full-service grooming salon, with a separate bathing room
and four stations for haircuts and styling;

a large multi-purpose room for doggy daycamp and training
programs plus six play rooms for small group and one-on-one
play; and

a retail boutique offering top-quality pet treats, toys and
accessories.

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The company owns and operates two pet care centers
in South Jersey - in West Berlin and in Cinnaminson - and Steward's
Pet Resort in Chadds Ford, PA
"This is an area where pets are truly part of the family," notes
Dolan., offering dog and cat
boarding and daycare, grooming and training services.

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Our new
Willow Grove center will be designed to offer pets a safe environment
with all of the amenities - from first-rate lobby to air-conditioned
suites to a full-service pet grooming salon. "We are excited to open this new facility and serve the needs
of pet-loving families in Montgomery County and Bucks County.

Online stores specializing in products for small animals, such as ferrets, sugar gliders, chinchillas, hamsters, gerbils, rats, and mice.

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FERNDALE, Wash. Consumer purchases of pet products related
to small animals such as hamsters, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits traditionally
increase in the three weeks before Easter. The Company 's core brand, CareFRESH(R) brand pet
bedding and it's new CareFRESH(R) Colors(TM) brand will be featured items. The enthusiasm from retailers for a larger size of our
colored bedding is another solid indicator of strong consumer demand for our
bedding products. develops, manufactures and markets patented
and proprietary, cost effective consumer and commercial products derived from
recycled, renewable materials . with 40
pet boarding facilities in 18 states, has announced plans to open a
full-service pet care center in Willow Grove, PA this summer.
"This will be no ordinary boarding kennel," says Dennis Dolan,
President and CEO of Best Friends Pet Care, Inc. Headquartered in
Norwalk, CT, the company owns and operates 40 pet care facilities
across 18 states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut ,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

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Further information is available at http://www.

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About Best Friends Pet Care

Founded in 1991, Best Friends Pet Care is the largest company in
the pet care services business in the U.

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Retailers report increased pet sales when
merchandised on the Company's new pastel bedding product. The facility is located at 1150 Easton Road, Willow
Grove, PA, just south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Exit 343 .
Best Friends is expected to bring between 20 and 35 full- and
part-time jobs to the community , including pet care and customer
service positions, once the Willow Grove pet care center opens.

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For more information, visit the Best
Friends website at www.

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Contact:
Charles (Chuck) Tait
International Absorbents Inc.

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As a result, advertising by
big-box pet retailers features both major movers and seasonal specialty items
during this time frame.

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info@absorbent. Those risks include, but are not limited to contractor performance,
newly installed equipment performance, weather related construction issues,
consumer acceptance of the Company's products at a new location, competitor
reactions and their ability to market and price their products, general
economic conditions outside of the control of the Company , and the economic
availability of sources of raw materials to meet demand rates necessary to
sustain growth.
Willow Grove will be Best Friends' fourth location in the greater
Philadelphia area.

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(Amex: IAX), a leading developer and producer of environmentally-friendly
pet care and industrial products, today announced that strong demand for its
CareFRESH(R) Colors(TM) product line has led to production of a new, larger
size packaging. These environmentally safe products outperform
conventional products used in a broad range of consumer and industrial
applications, including retail/commercial pet bedding and litter, oil and
hazardous liquid spill cleanup and control, oil/water filtration , and
packaging.

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"It's a win-win situation when pet retailers purchase our CareFRESH(R)
Colors (TM) for in-store merchandising," commented Gordon L.
The 33,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will offer
high-quality dog and cat boarding and daycare, a doggy daycamp
program, full grooming services, dog training, and a specialty pet
retail boutique.

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"Our goal is to bring
dog and cat lovers in the area a clean, safe, multi-service pet
facility that provides the very highest quality care for pets.S.

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"Merchandising on CareFRESH(R) Colors(TM) has
proven to generate increased sales of live animals to consumers, which in-turn
generates sales of our retail CareFRESH(R) Colors(TM) to those same purchasers
of live animals. The words "believe," "expect, " "intend," "estimate,"
"assume" and "anticipate," variations of such words and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that a
statement is not forward -looking. This press release speaks only as of its date, and the Company
disclaims any duty to update the information herein.

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According to Dolan, the new facility is slated to open in July 2005.

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International Absorbents Inc. Adds New Size to Its Award-Winning CareFRESH (R) Colors(TM) Product Line

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Additional information concerning factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements is contained from time to time in the Company's reports filed with
the SEC, including, but not limited to, the Company's annual report on Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004 and its quarterly filings on
Form 10-QSB.

Business Editors/Lifestyle Editors

NORWALK, Conn----Best Friends Pet
Care Inc.

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A number of the matters and subject areas discussed in this press release
that are not historical or current facts deal with potential future
circumstances and developments , including without limitation, statements
referring to the Company's future growth strategies, prospects for the future,
potential financial results, market and product line growth, abilities to
enter new markets, ability to introduce new products, benefits from
infrastructure improvements and the Company's competitiveness and
profitability as a result of new sales and marketing programs, are forward-
looking statements.

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Inc. Ellis, Chairman of
International Absorbents Inc. The discussion of such matters and subject
areas is qualified by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future
expectations generally, and it is important to note that the Company's actual
results could differ materially from those projected, due to various risk
factors .

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Major pet retailers have requested this larger packaging and will feature
the new 10-liter size with special advertising and in-store merchandising
during the Easter buying season.

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, the largest pet care services company in the U.S.

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