India is becoming Westernised. This is demonstrated in many ways including developments in respect of the relationship between citizens and companion animals. Recently, there was a first in the cat world: a cat show in India. There are purebred cats in India but they are yet to get a pedigree (a family history). They will in time when they might create a proper cat fancy.
The latest, extremely pleasing development in India is the banning of animal testing for cosmetics. It sounds obvious that animal testing by cosmetic companies should not happen but it was only totally banned recently in Europe. By “totally” I mean including banning the importation of cosmetics made with animal testing from outside the European Union as well as animal testing of cosmetics within Europe.
