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Animal testing
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Ok I might start a bit of a debate here, but stemming from another question on whether collection 2000 is tested on animals, If you found out the make-up you use was tested on animals would it stop you buying it?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The answer is to check that your make up, toiletries or any ingredients haven't been tested on animals BEFORE you buy them. I have walked away from buying stuff I need many a time because it's been tested, I feel that strongly about it. Also about household cleaners, washing products etc. there are BUAV approved alternatives for everything you use, the Co-op do a very good range.
Incidentally the body shop is now owned by L'oreal one of the worst offenders for animal testing.
Incidentally the body shop is now owned by L'oreal one of the worst offenders for animal testing.
If I found out that any of the companies I buy from tested on animals then I would cease buying their products immediately. I certainly can't endorse Nat_84's attitude on the matter. I agree that consumers don't know the source or background of most products we use these days, but that's no reason to shrug it off and play ignorant.
I'm a carnivore too, but I like to know that the animal I'm eating has had the opportunity to frolic around in an open field in the UK.
Let's think about it this way: to anybody who endorses animal testing, would you be willing to eat the animal after it had been tested on? e.g. a rabbit.
And for all those people using Bodyshop products. Does it not now bother you that The Bodyshop has been bought out by L'Oreal, who are known to test on animals? So all of your best intentions are lining the pockets of a company that goes against your ethics?
I'm a carnivore too, but I like to know that the animal I'm eating has had the opportunity to frolic around in an open field in the UK.
Let's think about it this way: to anybody who endorses animal testing, would you be willing to eat the animal after it had been tested on? e.g. a rabbit.
And for all those people using Bodyshop products. Does it not now bother you that The Bodyshop has been bought out by L'Oreal, who are known to test on animals? So all of your best intentions are lining the pockets of a company that goes against your ethics?
Most definitely and as for the blokes who say I dont buy cosmetics. You buy soap, toothpaste and shampoo. So next time you wash your hair think about the poor rabbits who have shampoo dropped in there eyes to see how irritating it is.
I dont use the body shop, its been well documented for yours that their antianimal testing stance is somewhat dubious. Lush is the way forward, totally natural and have started a makeup range too. Oddly clinique are very pro alternative testing methods.
I dont use the body shop, its been well documented for yours that their antianimal testing stance is somewhat dubious. Lush is the way forward, totally natural and have started a makeup range too. Oddly clinique are very pro alternative testing methods.
I use L-oreal quite a lot, the fake tan stuff. And checking it isn�t testing on animals isn�t the answer for me as I said I wouldn�t change what I buy just because of that. How many of you have leather shoes? Or a suede jacket? And champagne somehow I think an animal enjoying the lovely countryside, hopping and skipping then being butchered makes it worse. And Nat you havent offended me, you're right god knows what goes into anything nowadays
4getmenot, eating meat is a little different to testing cosmetics on animals. Eating meat is food, and you could be a responsible meat products buyer and find out from a butcher (not a supermarket) where your meat comes from and whether they use a good slaughterhouse. If this is the case then http://www.lintonj.freeserve.co.uk/cosmeticsdr aizeeyeirritancytestsonrabbits.jpg this sort of thing certainly wont be happening to your cows, chickens and sheep before you eat them. Meat eating and cosmetic testing are incomparable.
Well done Champagne, I was starting to lose faith a bit reading the answers.
Well done Champagne, I was starting to lose faith a bit reading the answers.
why bother with any animal rights at all then? Keep chickens in barns and cages. Keep veal in the dark. Pull cows away from their mothers as soon as they are born. Traditional farmers have the deepest respect for their animals, they often stay with their animals to the very last minute of the slaughter process to make sure they are treated with respect. Whats the point though? Could you really eat a beef burger, knowing the animal hadn't been looked after whilst alive, was kept in cramped and cruel conditions and was slaughtered badly. I couldnt.
I'm assuming you think medical research is a necessity, if cosmetic testing makes no difference to you. Lets hope they run out of other animals to test and come after your pets. Then we'll see how you feel.
I think we are too much a want, want, want generation and dont care about where things come from. Its beyond me.
I'm assuming you think medical research is a necessity, if cosmetic testing makes no difference to you. Lets hope they run out of other animals to test and come after your pets. Then we'll see how you feel.
I think we are too much a want, want, want generation and dont care about where things come from. Its beyond me.