Canada has just protected animals from painful, horrific, unnecessary torture by banning cosmetic testing on animals! On June 22, 2023, the Canadian legislature passed
Bill C-47, a law that bans all cosmetic animal testing in the country, as well as the sale of any cosmetics that were tested on animals.
In doing so, Canada became the
44th country in the world to pass laws that will ban or limit cosmetic animal testing or sales. Meanwhile,
the United States and Japan are two of the top countries in the world that are most reliant on animal testing for cosmetics.It's time for the U.S. and Japanese governments to join Canada and finally agree to ban all animal testing on cosmetics!Earlier this year, Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos updated a previous law, the federal Food and Drugs Act, to also end cosmetic animal testing. But it doesn't have the same weight as lawmakers actually passing a ban and writing that into the law.
Cosmetic animal testing involves selfishly subjecting innocent animals to painful experiments, just in order to develop new beauty products for humans. Researchers commonly use animals like rabbits, dogs, and monkeys, caging them or holding them down as they
force the helpless beings to endure distressing procedures like eye and skin irritation tests, lethal dose testing, and force-feeding. The consequences of these experiments are often severe, resulting in pain, suffering, and death for countless animals.
An estimated 500,000 animals suffer from cosmetics tests every year, many of them dying from toxic exposure or pain and shock. But animal testing for cosmetics isn't even necessary! In fact, many alternative methods exist that are actually more accurate, reliable, and cost-effective. Canada's lawmakers, as well as lawmakers in 43 other countries, clearly understand this.
Now it's time for the governments of the United States and Japan to join the right side of history. Sign the petition to save the animals!