Animal Testing Protests

http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2009/04/22/vo.anti.animal.testing.cnn

This is a video of protesting against animal testing. I think it is very good that people are going out and protesting for what they believe. Protesting for animals is a very good cause and this video it shows the cruelty of animal testing. Animal testing protesting has happened for many years. "The mid-twentieth century through to the 1980s saw a strong focus on protests against cosmetics testing. Large companies such as Revlon and Avon were targeted, with both eventually abandoning animal testing and adopting strong anti-animal testing policies. The abundance of media attention and protests also led up to the banning of animal testing for cosmetics purposes in several countries, including the United Kingdom (UK). In fact, the European Union is now poised for a near-full ban on animal testing for cosmetics by 2009, although there is opposition from a small number of countries such as France" (http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/history-protests-against-animal-tests.html). America still has cosmetic companies that continue to test on animals. Protests ARE effective. According to the article, History of Protests Against Animal Test, "Protests against animal testing have actually kept companies from conducting research in the UK. Fear of threats, intimidation and disruption to the research has had an enormous impact on those who conduct animal testing, historically causing some to withdraw from the experiment and effectively 'give in' to the threats" (http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/history-protests-against-animal-tests.html). If it can happen the UK, it can happen in the US.