2.  Animal testing is a multi billion dollar
operation, using millions of animals each
year
 Animals are used for the purpose of testing
cosmetics and household products
 It is an antiquated method that causes
immense pain and suffering

3.  Dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, mice and
monkeys are all used as test subjects for
cosmetics.
 The pain and suffering they endure is limitlessly
horrific
 Inexpensive, and more accurate testing is
available.
 Animal testing in the cosmetic and household
product industry is completely unnecessary

4.  3 different types of testing are used for
cosmetics and household products;
Draize Eye Test, Draize Skin Test, and
Acute Toxicity
 Inaccurate results
 Inexpensive, effective, and more
accurate methods of testing available

5.  I’ve done countless hours of research, as
well as actively avoided purchasing
products that test since childhood
 Animal Testing has been the focus of
attention for animal right’s activist groups
for many years
 Ie. P.E.T.A. – People for the Ethic Treatment of
Animals

6.  Imagine allowing someone to pour
Clorox in your pets eyes
 Imagine allowing someone to dose your
cat with a lethal injection….
 …. Could you allow that? Would you
allow that?

7.  The Draize Eye Test used since 1944 substances and
chemicals are placed in the animals eyes’, the
subsequent deterioration is recorded
 The Draize Eye Test often causes swelling,
inflammation of the iris, ulcers, hemorrhaging, and
blindness
 The test can last from 72 hours up to 7-18 days
 Medications to control pain are rarely if ever used,
the animal is left to suffer

8.  The animal is first shaved and then the skin is
abraded by taking tape and applying it to freshly
shaved skin, and ripping it off repeatedly until
several layers are exposed
 The substance is then applied to the abraded skin
and plastic film is wrapped around
 This test can last up to 14 days
 As will the Draize Eye Test, pain control medications
are not used

9.  The substance is pumped through a tube forced
down the animals throat, injected into a vein, into
their food, or inserted in the eyes, rectum or vagina
 Acute toxicity testing is used to determine how
much of a substance it takes to kill the testing
group
 The toxins often produce convulsions, diarrhea,
laboured breathing, emaciation, constipation,
bleeding from eyes, nose, and mouth, and
ultimately death
 No pain medications are used to control the
animal’s suffering

10.  Many scientists argue that because animals,
though similar to humans, are not identical to
humans and therefore any results obtained
through animal testing can not be accurately
applied to human use.
 Millions of rabbits are used in testing each year,
most often for the Draize Eye Test
 Rabbits do not have tear ducts preventing the substance
from leaving the eyes
 Results obtained are not accurate as a rabbits’ eyes and a
humans eyes will react differently

11.  Inexpensive and more accurate testing
methods are available;
 Tissue Cultures
 Donated corneas
 Computer based and mathematical models
 Human volunteers

12.  Many animals are bred specifically for
research testing
 Certain states allow facilities to seize
animals from local shelter
 Animals that have gotten lost, or put up for
adoption end up in the hands of researchers
instead of reunited with their families
 Others animals such as monkeys arrive
from zoos, or other forms of captivity

13.  Animals held in captivity for the purpose of
research are:
 Often mishandled and abused by the
“trained” handlers
 Not offered any form of exercise or
companionship,
 Not offered accommodations that resemble
their natural habitats
 Most animals become depressed, withdrawn,
lonely, and will begin patterns of self
destructive behaviour or become insane

14.  Animal testing is cruel and unusual
 With the availability of inexpensive alternatives it is
unnecessary
 Millions of animals are subjected to torturous
procedures every year
 Animal testing is not limited to “just rats and mice” it
includes monkeys, domesticated dogs, and cats
 The dogs and cats which can be and are
made readily available to research facilities for
cosmetics and household product testing from
state shelters

15.  As audience members, you may feel that animal
testing does not affect you, or your family, that
there is no reason for you to worry about the
products you buy… If it was your beloved family
pet being subjected to these tests, would you feel
differently?
 Companies such as Proctor & Gamble make
millions each year off the products they test on
animals
 If consumers refuse to buy the products because of their
testing practices, the company will be forced to stop
testing on animals
 As consumers it up to us to put a stop to cruel and
unusual animal testing

16. Animals don’t have a
voice, and can’t say
no, but as a consumer
YOU can!
As consumers, we
make the choice to
support animal testing
every time, a product
is purchased by
companies that
actively test on
animals.
There are far more
effective, inexpensive,
humane alternatives
that do not require
animal test subjects