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Animal Advocates

There are a number of celebrities that are known animal lovers and important advocates, just another reason why you should be one too!

Such celebrities include:
– Leonardo Di Caprio
– Lily Cole
– Peter Dinklage
– Miley Cyrus
– Ricky Gervais
– Kristen Bell
– Katherine Heigel
– Melanie C
– Charlize Theron
– Ke$ha
– Ian Somerhalder
– Simon Cowell

Experimental Practices and Animal Statistics

These statistics are from the year 2014 where it was recorded that more than 100 million animals, including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds, were used in experiments in the U.S. alone. Canada had a much lower figure of 3 million animals being tested on per year while the U.K used 4. 87 million animals. Australia and New Zealand, recorded more than six million animals used in teaching and/or research. However, there are places such as Japan where the number of animals used do not have to be recorded.

These animals are forcefully placed in laboratories to participate in biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation and tests for the purpose of chemical, drug, food and cosmetic products. These animals face harmful and cruel practices during these tests and research experiments. Some examples of these practices include breathing toxic fumes, being restrained and immobilised for a long period of time, holes drilled into their skulls, spinal cords crushed, skin burned off and severe eye damage or blinding using direct toxic substances. In addition to the torment occurring in the actual experiments, animals in laboratories are confined to barren cages, socially isolated as well as physically and psychologically traumatised.

 

Labour’s Campaign

On the 22nd of February, The Australian Labour Party presented ‘The Ethical Cosmetic Bill’, a policy to ban the use of animal testing in Australia as well as stopping the sale of imported animal tested products manufactured overseas. Although our laws already make it difficult to test cosmetic products on animals in Australia, imported products still do. This bill shows that there is a strong political support to end this cruelty. With so many ingredients readily available with the known knowledge that they are safe on humans, it is time to stop this unnecessary process. Although this legislation has been proposed, critical support is still needed for it to pass. Which is another example of why this campaign is needed. The proposed legislation is another positive step towards ending cosmetics cruelty in Australia.