19 Nov Second Chance: Not Pretty!
Since 1994, the Animal Resource Center and the Shops of Second Chance Humane Society have been dedicated toserving animals in Southwestern Colorado. Adoption hours are every day from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The facility is located at 177 County Rd 10, Ridgway, CO. View shelter pets and services online at secondchancehumane.org.
View shelter pets and services online: www.adoptmountainpets.org
Donate here or mail to: PO Box 2096, Ridgway, CO, 81432.
Go here for more about Second Chance.
Mascara. Shampoo. Perfume. Laundry Detergent. Oven Cleaner. Yes, these products might help us look and feel prettier and make our house shiny and clean. But, did you realize there is a very ugly side to some of these products? Yes, I’m talking about animal testing.
While many people think animal testing ended decades ago, it’s still happening. There are about half a million animals every year used to test cosmetics, medicines, and household cleaners. Those animals include rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice and, in some cases, dogs. This practice sets up multiple levels of animal abuse, which doesn’t just happen in the labs, but also in the supply chain that provides animals for testing.
In 2022, Humane World removed roughly 4,000 beagles from a breeding facility that supplied such labs. Government inspectors found the beagles were abused, starved, and killed.
Why are animals sent to labs, and what are the tests most commonly done on them? Skin and eye irritation are most common when cosmetic and household chemicals are rubbed onto shaved skin or dripped into the eyes of restrained animals. That torture is to discover whether an ingredient will cause injury to the human eye.
There are also tests that deliver controlled doses of chemical substances via a feeding tube. Generally, those kinds of tests look for signs of general illness or long-term health effects such as cancer or congenital defects. In reproductive toxicity tests, researchers may feed chemicals to pregnant animals to see whether the substances will cause abnormalities in offspring.
Testing on animals is both cruel and unnecessary because companies can already create products using thousands of ingredients that have a history of safe use and do not require any additional testing.
Plus, modern testing methods (such as human cell-based tests and sophisticated computer models) have replaced outdated animal tests with new non-animal methods that are often faster, less expensive, and more reliable.
Not sure if your favorite products contain ingredients tested on animals? Start by looking for cruelty free certified products. Or you can search here.
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