Last Chance for
Animals (LCA)
June 2016
The legislation is far from perfect because it does not ban animal testing outright. LCA believes that ALL animal testing must stop, and we are still a very long way from achieving that goal. However, this is a step in the right direction that will save many lives. LCA will continue the fight until animal testing becomes a thing of the past.
Today, June 22, 2016, President Barack Obama signed historic legislation
that will spare tens of thousands of animals from the barbaric and
unnecessary torture of chemical testing.
The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act is a
much-needed overhaul of the archaic Toxic Substances Control Act (created 40
years ago) and will steer chemical testing away from animal experimentation
and toward newer, innovative and cruelty-free methods. Animal testing is
notoriously unreliable, so this move benefits humans AND animals.
The new act requires that alternatives be looked into BEFORE resorting to
testing toxic substances on animals, and toughens existing animal testing
restrictions. It calls for development of non-animal testing methods which,
over time, will replace current animal tests.
The legislation is far from perfect because it does not ban animal testing
outright. LCA believes that ALL animal testing must stop, and we are still a
very long way from achieving that goal. However, this is a step in the right
direction that will save many lives.
LCA has been fighting animal testing (or vivisection) for well over three
decades, and was among the first to bring international attention to this
crucial issue. 1988, LCA Founder Chris DeRose exposed torturous experiments
on cats at UCLA's Brain Research Institute, showing the world the hidden
cruelty behind laboratory doors. Since then, LCA has led countless
investigations, protests, and legal actions to expose vivisection and put an
end to this abhorrent practice.
LCA will continue the fight until animal testing becomes a thing of the
past.
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