End Testing
APLNJ's new commercial
Thanks to a generous grant from Lush and the amazing talents of Joe and his crew, APLNJ was able to make this commercial a reality. Please share with others to help make them aware of the use of animals in experimentation.
From the commercial's Director, Joe Whelski:
“It was an honor to work alongside the Animal Protection League of New Jersey to create this commercial, and to help spread awareness of the plight of millions of animals in labs all across the country. If we all do our part, we can eliminate the cruel and unnecessary practice of animal testing in this country, and beyond. Many thanks to my talented and dedicated team for making this spot a reality.”
Title: “Carly”
Conceived, Produced and Directed by Joe Whelski, Secret Station Films
Written by Nick Goodey and Joe Whelski
Beagle Caretaker/Lab Technician: Mila Milosevic
Beagle: Carly
VO: Wayne Grayson
Director of Photography: Alan J. Carmona, Pulsar Creative, LLC
Camera Operator: Jason Chau
Editor and Assistant Director: Romina Schwedler
Music and Sound Design by Marcus Rice and Charlie Pelling
Associate Producer: Mila Milosevic
Special Thanks to: Lush Cosmetics, Janine Motta, Deb Cozzetto, Print Icon NYC, Hungry Tapes UK, and Tony Saunders and Jennifer Gonzalez
Product Testing on Animals
Many manufacturers of personal care and household products still conduct painful tests on animals even though NO LAW REQUIRES THEM TO DO SO. Rabbits and other animals are blinded, poisoned, tortured and burned by having substances placed in their eyes, on their skin and being force-fed. Humane non-animal testing methods exist and are used by hundreds of companies. As a consumer you need to use your buying power to pressure companies to switch to non-animal testing methods. Buy only “cruelty free” products!
More and more companies have made the switch to non-animal product testing. Just look at the back of any package to see the words "cruelty-free" or a logo that indicates such. But your favorite shampoo, toothpaste or laundry detergent may be from a company that still uses animals.
Get in the habit of reading labels. A quick reading of the package will tell you if the company does not test on animals or use animal ingredients.
Many species of animals are used in testing. The most common breed of dog used for experiments is the beagle, like Carly. Why? Because beagles are docile and small, allowing for more animals to be housed and cared for using less space and money. Another common animal used is the New Zealand rabbit, like Yolanda, pictured here. Beagles and rabbits belong in our homes, being loved, not in a laboratory living a fearful and tortured existence. But YOU can make a difference by purchasing only cruelty-free products - those not tested on animals and with no animal-derived ingredients. An excellent resource for finding cruelty-free products is Leaping Bunny. Shop Cruelty-Free today!
Vivisection
The Cambridge Dictionary defines vivisection as "the use of living animals in tests that are intended to increase human knowledge of human diseases and the effects of using particular drugs."
Animals are burned, shocked, poisoned, tortured, maimed and driven insane in laboratory experiments. The use of animals in experimentation should have been relegated to the dark ages, but here we are in the 21st century and it still exists. Such experimentation is generally placed in two categories: Product Testing and Medical Experimentation.
The perpetuators of these atrocities range from the military to Ivy League universities to corporations - many have their heinous experiments funded by U.S. taxpayer dollars. Experiments such as the one at Georgia Institute of Technology where cats had electrodes surgically implanted in their brain and were forced to walk on treadmills while having their nerves electrically stimulated, after which experimenters inflicted a spinal cord injury on the same cats to undergo the same treadmill and electrical stimulation testing. For this they received $2.8 million of taxpayers’ money.
In the quest to rid humans of disease and other human conditions (such as baldness), researchers consistently overlook prevention and turn to artificially creating a human disease in a nonhuman - a flawed way to gain useful and applicable information. Recreating a disease does not result in the same disease that occurred naturally. Moreover, in most cases, the disease is not being re-created, but merely the symptoms of the disease. No human disease has ever been cured as a result of experimentation on animals.
To learn more about the cruelty, waste and fraudulence of animal experimentation, visit White Coat Waste Project.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Become educated! Visit the websites below to learn about the cruelty, waste and fraud that is animal experimentation.
Educate others! Share what you’ve learned with family, friends, co-workers, anyone who will listen.
Write letters! To newspapers, magazines, university and government laboratories, and agencies funding animal experiments. Explain how cruel and unnecessary vivisection is, and how vivisection harms humans too.
Shop with compassion! Buy only from companies who do not test their products on animals.
Write and call companies who still test their products on animals! Let them know you won't buy their products until they stop testing on animals.
Donate only to non-animal research! Tell colleges, charities, and your alma mater that you will only contribute to organizations that do not fund animal experiments.
Write and call your federal senators and representative! Urge them to actively support the replacement of animals in all fields of research and testing.
Live healthy! Exercise regularly, avoid stress and toxins, and eat from the four good groups: whole grains, legumes, fruits and veggies.
(No Animal Testing image: ID © Balint Radu | Dreamstime.com)
