Animal testing of cosmetics and toiletries doesn’t happen in Australia, yet many products imported to Australia are tested on animals.
Many big-name brands such as Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive still fund painful and often lethal tests on animals in other countries before sending their products down under.
Using animals in cruel experiments also occurs for products other than those classified as ‘cosmetics’. Choosing non-animal-tested products is the key to ending this cruel practice.
This image contains content which some may find confronting
Animals used for tests are routinely poisoned, burnt and killed in the attempt to measure the toxicity of the chemicals that make up cosmetics, cleaning products, drugs, pesticides, foods, and even packing materials.
Testing companies expose animals to chemicals that may cause painful eye and skin irritation, developmental abnormalities, cancer and death. The pain from such tests can be excruciating, yet animals are typically not given pain relief, as scientists often fear that anaesthetics could affect the toxicity of the chemicals being tested. As a result, animals are often left to languish in pain.
Here’s how:
Education ends cruelty.
Hear from us when
it matters.
