Is Animal Testing necessary for the Cosmetic Industry?
I was recently shocked on seeing a news item about how cosmetic companies inhumanely torture animals in the name of testing. What is even more surprising is that it is not mandatory for the companies to test their products on animals. Due to the testing every year, thousands of animals are blinded, tortured, suffocated and killed. Some of the methods used for testing are very cruel. For example, for testing of shampoos – rabbits’ eyelids are forcibly kept open and shampoo is applied to their eyes. This can go on a stretch from 7 to 15 days. Sometimes the rabbits unable to take the pain, try to escape, breaking their backs or necks. There are similar horrible experiments being conducted on animals. The good news is that there are many companies like Revlon, Avon, Maybelline who do not use animals for testing. If you are an animal lover, boycott the products of companies that have animal testing procedures. More info on animal testing List of Companies that don’t test List of Companies t
