This photo tells it like it is!
Ruth sent me the link for this petition and I believe it worthy of a story. Today I want to talk about product labeling for animal testing and what we need to demand concerning it. A group called labelling clarity.org.uk has began a petition we all need to support.
First, here's the petition site: Labelling Clarity
Here are some of the companies who still test their products on animals. This includes testing on CATS!!
* Garnier
* Johnson & Johnson - makers of Listerine and baby care products
* Kimberly-Clark - makers of Huggies
* Proctor & Gamble - makers of Fabreeze, Fairy, Pantene and Tampax
* Ralph Lauren Fragrances
* Reckitt Benckiser - makers of Glade
* SC Johnson & Son - makers of Pledge
* Unilever - makers of Dove and Vaseline
* Nestlé Purina®/Friskies {see Purina Pet Cat Food}
The U.K. government statistics show that 3.5 million animals suffered or died from animal experiments in 2009. This is in the U.K. alone. One of the shocking animal testing facts.
This is a good link for animal testing facts, abuse by testing, food and other forms of abuse. in the U.S. Try 25 MILLION tested per year! And this IS abuse. Many animals who survive the testing are later killed. The word researchers used is "sacrificed" (ghastly isn't it?). Please see: Safari cats research as one small, illustrative, example. Uncaged is also a very good website for facts on animal testing.
The big companies presently have the upper hand in keeping consumers blind, hiding animal testing facts from us. Many products tell when they aren't tested on animals, but those who DO test don't bother to mention THAT on their labels. Nor do they mention whether each ingredient itself has been experimentally tested on animals. The U.K. is leading the way in changing this.
This doesn't surprise me. I've found through my articles that the U.S. is sorely lacking in their respect of animals as far as abuse, testing and the declawing of cats.
Although this is an article about passing legislature in the U.K., I hope it will become standard worldwide for companies to be legally obligated to report if and how animals were used in any way in their products.
Those of us who choose not to eat, wear or use products tested on animals have the right to know when we are committing a moral sin against our very beliefs. Animal lovers have the right to choose based on labeling information on animal testing. There should be a legal obligation to disclose animal testing facts.
It's time for the big companies to understand this.
Don't you agree we should all know whether a product has caused the pain or death of a living, breathing animal? Please feel free to comment.
Elisa
Animal testing facts - Source:
http://www.labellingclarity.org.uk/petition
I'd like to credit Stop Animal Testing! on Facebook for the use of the photos for this article. They say it all.
See also: Animal Testing for Cosmetics
From Product Labeling For Animal Testing to Articles of Elisa Black-Taylor
I agree how cruel and heartless people they are why use animals they should use humans instead the ones who do the horrific experiments on these poor defenceless animals let them be the lab rats
Thanks Lorraine for supporting the campaign against animal testing. For me it can never be justified. It exists because humans believe themselves superior to animals. Humans are wrong in that assumption.
Please stop testing ALL CATS KITTENS AND BABY CATS AND HAMSTERS It breaks my heart 🙁
Me too. It is horrible and a lot of people still support it. I despair at the human race.