PETA: People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals

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Does it feel good using a mascara that which the price is less than twenty dollars after knowing that thousands of rabbits were subjected to cruel and inhumane procedures before you received it? Every day, thousands of animals’ lives are sacrificed to satisfy regulations from companies just so humans can use and dispose that product carelessly. According to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), an organization to help animals, more than 100 million of animals each year in the United States are kept captive in labs being exploited and tortured. The treatment consists of mutilation, force feeding, deprivation of food, and most of the times death is the ultimatum for these poor creatures. Popular cosmetics companies or brands such

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