Use Of Animals In Cosmetic Tests To End

Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan gave an assurance to this effect to the representatives of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (Fiapo), who met her in New Delhi on Thursday along with their mouse mascot. The Fiapo representatives presented the minister with a hamper of cruelty-free cosmetics.

"The minister's assurance is a step in the right direction and we hope that the ministry will ban cosmetic testing in animals and set golden standards for other countries to emulate," Alokparna Sengupta, Coordinator, Animal Experimentation campaign, said. Rats, mice and guinea pigs face the brunt of all the cosmetic testing that happens for India. Read the full report here.

Source: by S. Narendra, Correspondent, Gulfnews.com.