Animal Testing

Animal testing in New Zealand Although there is no legal ban in New Zealand preventing cosmetic companies from testing their products or ingredients on animals they should really think twice before they start killing innocent animals. There are many, many ways which include testing on animals such as dogs, birds, deer, fish, cows, pigs, cats, mice, rats and rabbits. What these poor animals have to through is sad and beyond cruel. There are many tests carried out during cosmetics testing such as the Draize test which is when a product is tested in the eye of a conscious rabbit by injection. This then causes the animal not to move. The product is then later applied to their ears, mouth or even face, heavily harming the animal and in most cases causing death. But this isn’t the only test carried out on animals. Most of these cosmetics we buy are cruelly tested on animals before we use them to beautify ourselves. If we can pet animals in our homes why can’t we let them be in peace without having to murder them? Up to 90% of animals used in labs aren’t counted in the official statistics of animal testing and well over 300,000 animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in NZ labs alone and over 100 million worldwide. Animal testing isn’t always safe for humans, millions of products tested on animals ended up going wrong on humans either causing infections, itchiness, allergies and sometimes death. In 2009 a total of 291,111 live animals were experimented on. 55% were killed or died as a result of the experiment. In 2010 242,149 animals were used. On June 30th 2013 more than 1000 people along with their pets turned up at parliament at the Cathedral Square in Christchurch to march against animal testing. Thousands of people have also protested from Kaitaia to Invercargill to show their anger over plans to test synthetic drugs on animals. The protestors were marching against the Psychoactive Substances Bill, which regulates the sale of drugs and