Many of us know that the cosmetics that we use in our daily life are mostly animal tested. But what we do not know is the level of cruelty the petite animals like rabbits, mice and guinea pigs have to face in the process of testing. Highly concentrated samples of these cosmetics are tested on animals to study the side effects if any and make them safer for use by humans.
The first step we can take is to stop the use of animal tested cosmetics. Be more aware of the products we use and see if we are using any such products that have been tested on animals. There are a number of organisations (like peta) that can help you to know about brands that use animals for testing their products.
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Many of us know that the cosmetics that we use in our daily life are mostly animal tested. But what we do not know is the level of cruelty the petite animals like rabbits, mice and guinea pigs have to face in the process of testing. Highly concentrated samples of these cosmetics are tested on animals to study the side effects if any and make them safer for use by humans.
The first step we can take is to stop the use of animal tested cosmetics. Be more aware of the products we use and see if we are using any such products that have been tested on animals. There are a number of organisations (like peta) that can help you to know about brands that use animals for testing their products.
The best way is to use natural cosmetics. This will help you in saving your own skin from the hazardous chemicals as well as the animals that are being used to carry the tests,.
Many of us know that the cosmetics that we use in our daily life are mostly animal tested. But what we do not know is the level of cruelty the petite animals like rabbits, mice and guinea pigs have to face in the process of testing. Highly concentrated samples of these cosmetics are tested on animals to study the side effects if any and make them safer for use by humans.
The first step we can take is to stop the use of animal tested cosmetics. Be more aware of the products we use and see if we are using any such products that have been tested on animals. There are a number of organisations (like peta) that can help you to know about brands that use animals for testing their products.
Thats true, just to satisfy our needs and greed hundreds of animals are either sacrified or get maimed in the process of testing....The best option is to use natural products got from your kitchen which are as effective as any of the branded ones. ..
Many of us know that the cosmetics that we use in our daily life are mostly animal tested. But what we do not know is the level of cruelty the petite animals like rabbits, mice and guinea pigs have to face in the process of testing. Highly concentrated samples of these cosmetics are tested on animals to study the side effects if any and make them safer for use by humans.
The first step we can take is to stop the use of animal tested cosmetics. Be more aware of the products we use and see if we are using any such products that have been tested on animals. There are a number of organisations (like peta) that can help you to know about brands that use animals for testing their products.
Thats true, just to satisfy our needs and greed hundreds of animals are either sacrified or get maimed in the process of testing....The best option is to use natural products got from your kitchen which are as effective as any of the branded ones. ..
That is true, and in reality we do not need all those expensive cosmetics, all of those tall claims made by them are mere their marketing gimmicks. If we keep our lifestyle healthy with proper nutritious food, regular exercises etc. we will never need half of all those anti-wrinkle, anti-ageing, lotions, creams, serums, shampoos etc. Where lipsticks etc are concerned there are now a wide range of herbal products which are safe to use and have never been tasted on animals nor do they contain animal fat like many products do.
Many of us know that the cosmetics that we use in our daily life are mostly animal tested. But what we do not know is the level of cruelty the petite animals like rabbits, mice and guinea pigs have to face in the process of testing. Highly concentrated samples of these cosmetics are tested on animals to study the side effects if any and make them safer for use by humans.
The first step we can take is to stop the use of animal tested cosmetics. Be more aware of the products we use and see if we are using any such products that have been tested on animals. There are a number of organisations (like peta) that can help you to know about brands that use animals for testing their products.
Thats true, just to satisfy our needs and greed hundreds of animals are either sacrified or get maimed in the process of testing....The best option is to use natural products got from your kitchen which are as effective as any of the branded ones. ..
I know it animals are also used to test medicines. Now in Bihar government order that before serving midday meal to children give it to dogs. How cheap is life of animals.
But that happens everywhere how can we stop this. Even the newly developed medicines are tested on animals first then are launched in the market. Cruelty against animals every where.
You must have been talking about Guinea pigs , that is trend of medical science after all some one has to sacrifice his life to see the results of new techniques.
Most effective and non- invasive alternative medicines are at our disposal which do not warrant for testing on animals for their efficacy.. Seeing these atrocities on the animals people all over the world including those advanced countries who once laughed at our ancient medical quintessence ,standing in queue to make a trip to Kerala’s Ayurvedic SPAS. If one cares to look at the stats of Medical tourism, the increase in tourism for medical especially Ayurvedic treatment will say all about Traditional medicines’ efficacy.
And this applies to cosmetic industry also.
And this applies to cosmetic industry also.
The title of the thread is on cruelty to animals. The title does not make this clear. So, I am making a small change by editing.
Cruelty to animals cannot be totally avoided. But we should bring this to minimum. We can stop using products that involve cruelty to animals. But it is for medical scientists to decide how far they can reduce such cruelty and the pain suffered by animals.
Cruelty to animals cannot be totally avoided. But we should bring this to minimum. We can stop using products that involve cruelty to animals. But it is for medical scientists to decide how far they can reduce such cruelty and the pain suffered by animals.
Yes, we have been practicing cruelty of horrid kind in relation to these mute creatures some of which are well-documented and endless cases go unreported. A direct fall-out has been that this cruelty also make victims of ourselves. In our day-to-day lives we have been getting more impatient and cruel in relation to members of our own race!!!
The title of the thread is on cruelty to animals. The title does not make this clear. So, I am making a small change by editing.
Cruelty to animals cannot be totally avoided. But we should bring this to minimum. We can stop using products that involve cruelty to animals. But it is for medical scientists to decide how far they can reduce such cruelty and the pain suffered by animals.
It is right sir that it is not possible to avoid cruelty to animals. At least government should ban using animals for testing cosmetics.
The cosmetics industry is huge and sadly there is no check on the cruelty that these petite animals have to face. We can do our bit by not using animal tested products and raise awareness on this issue.
The fact that cosmetic industry has no check is prevalent all over the world. There is an unholy nexus between the cosmetic industry and the vested interests in the government. This is a well known fact all over the world. So poor helpless animals are destined to die like this.
Most people dislike cruelty but they are indifferent to the cruelty that they do not see. Thus women would use cosmetics even though they could avoid if they had seen the cruelty with their own eyes. This is similar to many taking non veg food though they cannot witness the butchering. As there is not public awareness, it is next to impossible to avoid cruelty to animals caused in manufacture of products.
Most people dislike cruelty but they are indifferent to the cruelty that they do not see. Thus women would use cosmetics even though they could avoid if they had seen the cruelty with their own eyes. This is similar to many taking non veg food though they cannot witness the butchering. As there is not public awareness, it is next to impossible to avoid cruelty to animals caused in manufacture of products.
The example you mentioned is very apt. But there are people who after witnessing the butchering do give up non veg food. So we can expect a change only when some light is thrown on the issue and people are made aware on the level of barbarity the animals have to face.
Most people dislike cruelty but they are indifferent to the cruelty that they do not see. Thus women would use cosmetics even though they could avoid if they had seen the cruelty with their own eyes. This is similar to many taking non veg food though they cannot witness the butchering. As there is not public awareness, it is next to impossible to avoid cruelty to animals caused in manufacture of products.
The example you mentioned is very apt. But there are people who after witnessing the butchering do give up non veg food. So we can expect a change only when some light is thrown on the issue and people are made aware on the level of barbarity the animals have to face.
This will need making video of actual cruelty and display widely. But this is not very feasible. People witness butchering of hens or goats in surroundings but cruelty for cosmetics products is very remote.
Most people dislike cruelty but they are indifferent to the cruelty that they do not see. Thus women would use cosmetics even though they could avoid if they had seen the cruelty with their own eyes. This is similar to many taking non veg food though they cannot witness the butchering. As there is not public awareness, it is next to impossible to avoid cruelty to animals caused in manufacture of products.
The example you mentioned is very apt. But there are people who after witnessing the butchering do give up non veg food. So we can expect a change only when some light is thrown on the issue and people are made aware on the level of barbarity the animals have to face.
This will need making video of actual cruelty and display widely. But this is not very feasible. People witness butchering of hens or goats in surroundings but cruelty for cosmetics products is very remote.
You are right. After seeing butchering of animals and seeing those poor animals struggling for life, years ago, I switched over to vegetarianism.
Most people dislike cruelty but they are indifferent to the cruelty that they do not see. Thus women would use cosmetics even though they could avoid if they had seen the cruelty with their own eyes. This is similar to many taking non veg food though they cannot witness the butchering. As there is not public awareness, it is next to impossible to avoid cruelty to animals caused in manufacture of products.
The example you mentioned is very apt. But there are people who after witnessing the butchering do give up non veg food. So we can expect a change only when some light is thrown on the issue and people are made aware on the level of barbarity the animals have to face.
This will need making video of actual cruelty and display widely. But this is not very feasible. People witness butchering of hens or goats in surroundings but cruelty for cosmetics products is very remote.
I would like to mention that I did my summer training from an institute in North India where one of my projects required me to collect blood from a rabbit. Though an expert collected the blood it was very heart wrenching to see the rabbit being subjected to the pain. On asking the project leader told us that there is no substitute, it had to be done for the experiment. :dry:
Most people dislike cruelty but they are indifferent to the cruelty that they do not see. Thus women would use cosmetics even though they could avoid if they had seen the cruelty with their own eyes. This is similar to many taking non veg food though they cannot witness the butchering. As there is not public awareness, it is next to impossible to avoid cruelty to animals caused in manufacture of products.
The example you mentioned is very apt. But there are people who after witnessing the butchering do give up non veg food. So we can expect a change only when some light is thrown on the issue and people are made aware on the level of barbarity the animals have to face.
This will need making video of actual cruelty and display widely. But this is not very feasible. People witness butchering of hens or goats in surroundings but cruelty for cosmetics products is very remote.
I would like to mention that I did my summer training from an institute in North India where one of my projects required me to collect blood from a rabbit. Though an expert collected the blood it was very heart wrenching to see the rabbit being subjected to the pain. On asking the project leader told us that there is no substitute, it had to be done for the experiment. :dry:
There is need to reduce pain if not possible to completely avoid.
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