is there any animal cruelty involed in the making of mascara?
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It is not made from bats or bat droppings. The cruelty is in the unnecessary & painful product testing some companies still insist on doing. \nAll about mascara\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascara\n\nSome companies like The Body Shop and Beauty Without Cruelty have good mascara products are not tested on animals\n\nMany companies still use the Draize test, proven to be useless years ago.\nContrary to what the big cosmetic companies say, Animal testing on cosmetics is not required by the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. . Millions of rabbits and other animals continue to suffer painful eye and skin  tests. Mascara is a major offender.\n\nYou can read more here \nhttp://www.navs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Shop\nAnd congratulations on caring and wanting to be an informed consumer!\n\n\n-------------\nTHE BODY SHOP WEBSITE: http://www.thebodyshop.com/bodyshop/index.jsp
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It is a "real" product in the film, but not in rea" life. (You can't buy it in a store because it doesn't exist.)  I'm sure there are millions of animal owners in the world who would love to have some of the stuff. If a scientist could figure out how to dissolve feces without harming the environment, they would be the most beloved person on the planet, I'm sure.
1008872
first you need to be able to lie about what the outfit is about and you have to be an animal rights wacko. the aspca is not about saving animals or preventing cruel treatment of them. its a undercover version of peta
797569
A definite no.  I couldn't..not ever.  I'm a vegetarian and I love to see real fur on an animals back where it belongs.\n\nIt's is so unnecessary and so cruel.
1031039
I don't know. I like to consider myself culturally sensitive but when the safety and well being of innocent animals is at stake I will always advocate for the animals. A local news report on the conditions would probably do wonders for rectifying the problem.
59726
dont know, but i dont see why it would be illegal. i understand its a "taboo" type thing, but so are alot of the fetishes. Anyway, the only way it would be illegal is if the government thought it was cruelty to animals. \n\nI do know that it is illegal in some states, but i dont know which. um....good luck with that
722225
Australian philosopher Peter Singer made the case for an end to animal experimentation with his 1975 book, Animal Liberation. Coinciding with his book was the comprehensive and sensitive research of such ethologists as Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, who suggested that primates were capable of a full spectrum of emotions, including love, sorrow, jealousy, humor, and deceit. These animals also learned to communicate with humans by using over 300 learned signs in American Sign Language. Studies with other species produced\nsimilar results.Concerns about animal cruelty have led to the search for alternative methodologies. Of great promise in this regard is computer simulation technology. As early as 1996, psychology students were able to study “shaping” and partial reinforcement in operant conditioning, by using a computer-created “virtual rat” named Sniffy. Commensurate with such technological developments and their refinements, statistics have shown a slow but consistent yearly decline in animal experimentation through 1999.
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I would stop all animal suffering from humans.  They are so innocent and we are greedy.  Because of our Greed others suffer.\n\nThere is no BALANCE by torturing animals for our own aesthetics.
271243
To be honest, I have seen stuff on comedy shows, documentaries, evening news, etc. that showed female (and, occasionally male) broadcasters being sexually harrased (i.e. attempt at mounting, humping, and even ejaculating) by bulls, ortriches, camels, llamas, orangutans, chimpanzees, zebras, donkeys, horses, dogs, goats, etc. Pretty much any animal in heat that saw itself as big enough to give it a shot with a human. Disgusting, but it is how it is.
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It's usually not lethal to humans, but it "produces excruciating pain and swelling that lasts for several months. The pain is so excruciating that the victim is rendered almost helpless. The venom can be lethal to dingos, dogs and smaller domestic animals."\n\nNever would have thought a cute oddball like the platypus could be so painful...
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Any circuses involving animals are heartbreaking. \n\nThey are so cruel to those animals, as they keep them in cages, often do not feed or clean them very well, and literally beat them if they do not perform as expected (they also beat them in the process of training them to do tricks in order to get the animals to cooperate).\n\nCirque De Solei and the like are different, since those just involve humans performing, acrobats, etc., but circuses with animals? NO WAY for this girl!
932128
Eyelashes are hair. Hair is protein form DEAD skin cells. Therefore, eyelashes don't live at all.
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I'm not sure but check to see if the goat has chicken pox, she might have got it from him. Goats are known carriers of the pox. lol
483912
did u mean polio vaccine? i dont think its any animal. the vaccine is cultured i think
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My view is that if it can save a human life by killing a few dogs and cats then im all for it.\n\nIf you are talking about dogs and cats used in beauty test ... i say let humans test em, lol.\n\nok some big words coming but bear with it and keep reading.\n\nnow seriously, if you want to make a case for pro-animal test, then look up "Something the Lord Made."  It is a film about the first doctor(s) who did open heart surgery. The main doctor in the film was able to find a cure/treatment for Traumatic Shock that has saved countless lives. This procedure was tested on animals. Later this same doctor tested on animals to try and cure "Blue Babies," AKA children born with the tetrology of Ferlo (i didn't spell that one right). His procedures were once again only able to be tested on animals. This to has saved countless lives as today there are about 130,000 heart surgeries done yearly. All possible by the poineers who tested on animals first.\n\nSorry i don't remember their names out write but looking up the movie you will be able to find their names.  Your teacher might even let you use the movie as one of your sources for your essay.
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Well,\nDo you think slaughtering a cow is abuse?\nOr cutting a chickens head off to butcher it?\nOr sticking a sharp hook through a fish, then chopping it's head off. \nOr throwing a live lobster into a pot of boiling water.\nUnless you are a Vegan, its all abuse, right? \nIf you eat animals, what dif does it make which one you are "abusing"? \nAlligator tail is the healthiest meat you can eat.\nHow about all the gators in Fl eating humans and puppies, is that abuse?  Makes you go  HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
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Working in the industry, I can honestly say that at times there is cruelty. I won;t go into it, but there are things that I don't agree with at times. But if you are wanting to know about the highest levels, like the Triple Crown trail and Breeder's Cup races, then cruelty rarely occurs. the horses that are running these races are pampered. Yes they are whipped but it really does not hurt them. It's more a little sting than anything. As far as a three year old not being mature enough to run and carry a rider, well Thoroughbreds mature faster than most breeds. Running is what they are bred to do. They love it. And yes a horse knows when he has won a race and when he has been bested. That's why when they are running you'll sometimes see a horse reach out and nip at another horse running next to him or why a horse will pull up next to front runner and stay there for a bit before running on by. He's looking him in the eye, challenging him to a duel of sorts. Thoroughbreds love to run, it's how they get their kicks.