Canada falls far behind other industrialized nations when it comes to protecting animals from the misery of laboratory testing.
The government of Canada has introduced important updates to
Canada's national pollution-prevention law, the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act. This is great news for the health of
Canadians and the environment—and animals. The updates also
recognize the need to promote the development and use of non-animal
testing methods to reduce the use of animals in painful toxicity
tests.
But more needs to be done to translate words into real action.
Unless the planned updates are strengthened, the government’s
proposed changes could have the unintentional and unnecessary effect
of increasing painful toxicity testing on animals.
Canada falls far behind other industrialized nations when it comes
to protecting animals from the misery of laboratory testing. Canada
currently tests on well over four million animals every
year—including mice, fishes, dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, monkeys,
cows, and more. They endure horrific and heartbreaking pain and
suffering in tests for household products, pesticides, drugs, and
cosmetics.
There are currently no national laws protecting animals in labs, and
no federal oversight of testing procedures or the conditions in
which these animals are kept. In 2019, Canada failed to pass a bill
that would have outlawed cosmetic testing on animals nationwide.
Please tell the government to do more to protect laboratory animals
and genetically modified animals from needless suffering.
SIGN THE PETITION HERE