Monday 11th November 2013. Lesson 3.

POLITICAL PROTEST.

OUR MISSION: 
 To give a theatrical political protest on something we feel strongly about.

WHAT WE CHOSE. 
 Animal testing. 

WHY?
Because all 3 of us hate the fact that poor innocent animals are poked and pricked and smeared with foreign slime all in the name of 'beauty'. It sickens me that defenseless animals who let me say have feelings too, are being abused in this way. 
No human would like it if they were born to be tested on so some animal could have the latest eye shadow or mascara. Humans wouldn't like it if they were poked in the eye just to see if there was some kind of reaction. And if there was, too late, you're dead. Its sick. 

THE FACTS. 

1. Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in U.S. labs every year.
2. Up to 90 percent of animals used in U.S. labs aren’t counted in the official statistics of animals tested.
3. Several cosmetic tests commonly performed on mice, rats, rabbits, and guinea pigs include:

• skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed on shaved skin or dripped into the eyes without any pain relief.
• repeated force-feeding studies that last weeks or months, to look for signs of general illness or specific health hazards.
• widely condemned “lethal dose” tests, where animals are forced to swallow large amounts of a test chemical to determine what dose causes death. Others tests involve killing pregnant animals and testing their fetuses.

      4.  Others tests involve killing pregnant animals and testing their fetuses.

      

Although in 2012 the EU posted a ban on selling animal tested products.  The ban applies to all new cosmetics and their ingredients sold in the EU, regardless of where in the world testing on animals was carried out.

HOWEVER, animals are still being used to test make up and drugs. 

MY JOB:
- to find animal tested products.

- to find well known brands that test on animals 

- find the laws on animal testing in the UK and the USA.