As Daryl Dixon on the hit AMC series The Walking Dead he struggles to stay alive, and off camera actor Norman Reedus is helping our four-legged friends in their fight for survival by joining Cruelty Free International’s call for a U.S. and global ban on animal tests for cosmetics.
A proud pet parent of a rescue cat, Reedus was happy to pose with Lola, another photogenic feline, to promote the campaign. Voicing his concern for those who cannot speak for themselves, Reedus states: ‘Scores of countries around the world are beating the U.S. to become cruelty-free by banning cosmetics tests on animals. Nobody wants rabbits or guinea-pigs to suffer for our vanity, least of all the animals. Let’s stop their suffering right here, right now. Join me in supporting the Cruelty Free International call to Congress and the FDA to bring an end to animal testing for cosmetics in the U.S.’
Following in the footsteps of such high-profile pals to all with paws as Sir Paul McCartney, Grammy Award winner Joss Stone and Global Ambassadors Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame and comic icon Rickey Gervais, Reedus is showing his support for the organization, which– after two decades of campaigning by Cruelty Free International’s founding organization, the BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection)– won a major victory in March 2013 with the most far-reaching animal testing ban in the world for new cosmetics sold in all 28 countries in the European Union, including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
While great strides have been made, more than 80% of countries around the world still allow animal tests for cosmetics, including the U.S., Australia, Korea and Japan. (In China, animal tests are required prior to a product’s availability for purchase.)
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