Millions upon millions of animals are slaughtered every year due to humans testing cosmetics on animals. This number is exceedingly high and needs to be reduced. Mice, rabbits, rats, primates, dogs, and cats are enclosed in cages, in laboratories across the world(Animal Testing 101). Many scientists and universities have shown that animals are not necessary when it comes to testing cosmetics. According to a scientist from NRDC (National Resources Defense Council), there “are non-animal tests that are really valuable, informative, cheaper, and quicker” (Testing Cosmetics). If this is the case then companies need to refrain from using animals. Animal testing in the United States should be prohibited because other countries have shown it is not
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Many countries have refrained from using animals for testing (Kretzer). “The European Union, United Kingdom, India, Israel, and Norway,” have decided to put a stop and ban buying anyone who uses animals to tests their cosmetics on (Kretzer). “Hannah Staurt who is a campaign coordinator for the #BeCrueltyFree Australia campaign said, testing the ingredients of cosmetics like mascara and shampoo on living creatures is a completely unnecessary cruelty and it’s time Australia joined a growing number of countries by banning it” (Labor Push). An organization called PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, works internationally, to help put an end to cosmetic testing. The group have supporters who have “public protests, make phone calls, and send ten of thousands of emails”(Cosmetic Testing). In the year 2015 Canada and Taiwan, “both proposed legislation that would end these tests as well as the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals”(Kretzer). Since several other countries have shown that using animals for cosmetic testing is not necessary, the United States, need to join those several countries and help put an end to cosmetic
Many countries have refrained from using animals for testing (Kretzer). “The European Union, United Kingdom, India, Israel, and Norway,” have decided to put a stop and ban buying anyone who uses animals to tests their cosmetics on (Kretzer). “Hannah Staurt who is a campaign coordinator for the #BeCrueltyFree Australia campaign said, testing the ingredients of cosmetics like mascara and shampoo on living creatures is a completely unnecessary cruelty and it’s time Australia joined a growing number of countries by banning it” (Labor Push). An organization called PETA, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, works internationally, to help put an end to cosmetic testing. The group have supporters who have “public protests, make phone calls, and send ten of thousands of emails”(Cosmetic Testing). In the year 2015 Canada and Taiwan, “both proposed legislation that would end these tests as well as the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals”(Kretzer). Since several other countries have shown that using animals for cosmetic testing is not necessary, the United States, need to join those several countries and help put an end to cosmetic