| Over 100 million animals die in labs worldwide | | | | that our rights are any different. How do you |
| every year at the hands of cosmeceutical testing. | | | | think the world would feel about 100 million people |
| Animals like rabbits, dogs, and monkeys are | | | | un-voluntarily being subjected to the same test as |
| crammed into cages and subjected to horrible and | | | | animals? I don't think it would go over very well |
| torturous tests to determine the effectiveness of | | | | at all. |
| a product. Many companies have begun to take a | | | | Not only is animal testing cruel, and a violation of a |
| stand against animal testing, and have started | | | | living creatures rights, it is completely and utterly |
| using new methods to test potential products. | | | | unreliable. How are you going to be able to |
| Here are five reasons to stand in the fight against | | | | accurately determine the toxicity of a product to |
| animal testing. | | | | a rat and a person, when a rat's skin and a |
| I guess the most obvious reason to stop animal | | | | mouse's skin are totally different? The results are |
| testing is that it is just plain old cruel. Dogs are | | | | too inconclusive. For example aspirin is toxic to |
| force fed products still in the test phase in order | | | | rats and mice but obviously not to us. |
| to determine toxicity upon ingestion. Monkeys | | | | The Food and Drug Administration or FDA |
| have chemical ingredients put in their eyes to see | | | | ironically enough doesn't require animal testing for |
| tissue damage. These tests are administered with | | | | cosemeceuticals, yet most skin care companies |
| no pain killers and many of these tests result in | | | | still test on animals. There are alternatives to |
| the animal's death. | | | | animals testing like stem cell research and |
| Whether you think so or not, animals have rights. | | | | volunteering human participants. Many anti aging |
| We may have created math, science, and the | | | | companies have turned to using all natural |
| artificial lung, but in all respect they were here | | | | ingredients proven to work, so to eliminate the |
| first. I know I would never subject myself | | | | need for testing all together. |
| voluntarily to any of the tests that are done on | | | | Help take a stand against animal testing by first |
| animals, why would we do it to another creature | | | | off not buying anything that was tested on |
| against its will. Many animals often break bones | | | | animals, and finding out what companies test their |
| from trying to escape restraints put on them | | | | products on animals. Not only cosmeceuticals are |
| during tests. If this were being done to a human | | | | tested on animals. House hold cleaning products, |
| against their will, the person doing the testing | | | | tooth pastes, and even dog food are all tested on |
| would be in jail. Humans are just another species | | | | animals. Look online or call any animal rights |
| of animal, we just happen to be a little bit | | | | organizations to get as much information as you |
| smarter in some aspects but that doesn't mean | | | | can to help put an end to animal testing. |