Animal testing,do you agree to it?

Absolutely Against animal testing for cosmetics (l'oreal is the worst one and all of them belonging to thatngroup e.g. Maybeline,olay,lancome,biotherm..).

For medical research,why test on animals? Why don't they test on all those useless thugs and scumbags and junkies?!! It will help to clean up a bit and help the society to live in peace..

Then how come we invented the Internet, huh?

Just because animals don't have the same sense of self that humans have doesn't mean that they don't suffer physically from the after effects of "product testing" so the answer is No, I don't agree to testing animals before humans. They have just as much right to be here as people do.

I don't like animal testing, but I recognise it as a necessary evil. There's really no other way to safely test medications in the early stages of development. I hope that in the future we will be able to use human tissue grown in a lab.

I strongly oppose testing cosmetics on animals, I believe that it's completely indefensible.

Flincher wrote: »

Against, they get all nervous and give silly answers.



(I can't for the life of me remember where I heard that joke, if anyone remembers the stand-up/tv show please let me know).

On a serious note, in terms of medication, its a necessary evil.

Stephen Fry said it while dressed up as a woman in A Little Bit of Fry and Laurie

I can't find the video but here's a link to the quote:
http://www.amusingquotes.com/h/f/Stephen_Fry_1.htm

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

There's a health shop nearby that sells products that haven't been tested on animals. I buy things like sun block from there.

Greentopia wrote: »

I use Faith in Nature rock crystal deodorant and it works fine and I use Kingfisher brand toothpaste. Neither of these two companies test on animals and you'll find both in a health food shop.
You can see more brands that don't test here

Right sorry to burst some bubbles here, but as was pointed out by an earlier poster, just because the finished product claims not to have been tested on animals doesn't mean the constituent ingredients themselves won't have been.

Yeah the companies themselves wouldn't test on animals......but every raw ingredient sourced for their products will have at some stage had to be cleared for human consumption/external application....most probably involving animal tests.

A more accurate and honest way of marketing products as above would be "No new animal testing required"

Oh and it always amuses me the way these threads always end up in a downward spiral of human self-deprecation. Yeah guys we can be right sh1ts sometimes but overall we're a pretty decent species;)

Definitely against, you could make a case for testing monkeys, but how the hell are dogs and cats supposed to hold the pens?

It's just cruel!

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Yeah the companies themselves wouldn't test on animals......but every raw ingredient sourced for their products will have at some stage had to be cleared for human consumption/external application....most probably involving animal tests.

Don't worry, you're not bursting any bubbles with me. I chose rock crystal (alum) deodorants from Faith in Nature because it contains NO ingredients that are tested on animals as backed up by their membership of the BUAV-British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.

Rock crystal is simply natural mineral salts found in nature. They have been used for thousands of years in Asia as an anti-bacterial for cuts and scrapes.
No artificial colours or perfumes, and no aluminum chlorohydrate or aluminum zirconium, the two ingredients in regular deodorants. I've emailed the company and they verified that none of their ingredients (not just finished products) are tested on animals.

The toothpaste I use-Kingfisher also uses no ingredients that are tested on animals and has never tested on animals from the start.
They state:

"No animals whatsoever are harmed in the production of our toothpastes."

I've checked these companies out before buying their products and their credentials as members of organisations like the BUAV and PETA. Short of getting their board members to sign an affidavit that what they tell me is true that's all I can do if I want to continue having clean teeth and nice smelling pits. Which I do