Canada Eyes Ban On Cosmetics Testing On Animals

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Canada is eyeing a ban on cosmetics testing on animals. The federal budget of 2023 included an amendment to the Food & Drugs Act to prohibit testing on animals for cosmetics. Currently, there are no requirements that cosmetics be tested on animals, but there are also no rules that prevent either, allowing companies to continue their testing on animals despite it not being a requirement. Currently, Canada trails over 40 countries on our planet who have already enacted bans on cosmetics testing, another example of Canada's lackluster animal welfare track record.

Cosmetics testing on animals is nothing short of animal cruelty and exploitation. We're not talking about medicine that could save humanity here, we're talking about lipsticks, mascaras, lotions, and body washes. These products are NOT necessities to our survival, they are novelty products, and we are subjecting innocent animals to endless tests, when it's been proven numerous times that results in animal tests do not always translate to humans. We torture animals for products we don't even need, a blatant display of exploitation and cruelty to animals who live their short lives in fear. 

Animals subjected to cosmetics testing have products rubbed on their skin, dripped in their eyes, and ingested in order to determine whether they cause a reaction. These animals who have reactions are then left to suffer with painful lesions, rashes, and risk blindness while confined to tiny cages. Once their usefulness runs dry, they are discarded like trash, no longer serving a purpose. They spend what little time they have on this planet in pain, emotionally & mentally scarred from their experience, only to have their lives abruptly ended. What we do to these animals in the name of cosmetics is sickening, outdated, and cruel. There is no place on our planet for this type of cruelty to animals when other testing methods are available and even more accurate. 

Canada has an opportunity to do the right thing by animals. Our country has a shameful animal welfare track record with our seal hunts, continued production of fur, and live horse exports. We need to do more, and it starts with banning products tested on animals from being sold in our country. This MUST be passed. Learn more through the link at the top of this post.

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