The document argues that animal testing for cosmetic and household products is cruel and unnecessary. It notes that over 25 million animals are used in testing each year, including cats, dogs, primates, and rabbits, and subjected to mutilation and death for products like nail polish, laundry detergent, and cleaning supplies. However, the document claims that animal testing is flawed and ineffective at predicting human responses, and that alternative testing methods exist that do not require harming animals. The overall message is that animal testing should be prevented and alternatives adopted in order to avoid inflicting cruelty on defenseless animals.
2. "It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent...It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane, and most people don't want it.“ - Abigail Van Buren; testifying before the House Judiciary Committee Support of the Consumer Products Safe Testing Act, March 1988 What is our purpose? To prevent cruelty to animals and to disseminate animal testing for the use of human products.
5. Approximately 17-22 million animals are used in research each year 22,921 Cats 66,610 Dogs 221,286 Guinea Pigs 32,260 Sheep 57,531 Primates Over a million rats & mice 245,786 Rabbits 176,988 Hamsters 58,598 Pigs And those are just the ones that are reported.
6. Cosmetic companies perform a majority of all animal tests, but they are not the only ones. Some other companies include:Arm & Hammer, Kleenex, Johnson’s, Banana Boat, Clorox, Crest, Glade, Huggies, Listerine, Lysol, Pantene Pro-V, Tide, Windex
7. What’s the point of testing when: Animal experiments can be misleadingconsidering an animal's response to a drug can be different to a human's. Rats are only 37% effective in determining what causes cancer in humans. The stress that animals endure in labs can affect experiments, making the results meaningless. Animals are still used to test items like cleaning products, which benefit mankind less than medicines or surgery. Most of these studies are flawed, resulting in incorrect scientific investigations that costs the American public $136 billion annually. More than 25 billion animals are unnecessarily killed in the labs each year.
