Be Cruelty-Free New Zealand Welcome Labor Pledge to Ban Cosmetics Animal Testing
WELLINGTON (16 July 2014) - The pledge from the Labour party to ban cosmetics testing on animals, plus the sale and
import of animal tested products, comes after a two year Be Cruelty-Free New Zealand campaign by SAFE and Humane Society International. We issue the following initial response statements:
Claire Mansfield, HSI's Be Cruelty-Free Global Campaigns Director, said: “This is welcome news that our Be Cruelty-Free New Zealand campaign has been hoping
for. Labor’s commitment to ban cosmetics animal testing brings us one step closer to achieving a world where no animal
has to suffer and die for the sake of beauty products. Countries that fail to address this issue are looking
increasingly isolated as ending cruel and out-dated animal tests for cosmetics is becoming the norm. Political
leadership like this is exactly what New Zealand needs to become the next country to #BeCrueltyFree!”
Mandy Carter, SAFE's Head of Campaignsm said: “It is great to see politicians getting behind this important issue.
Thousands of people have said they want a ban in law – and now it looks like they are being listened to. No one wants to
see animals suffer for the sake of a new shampoo. New Zealand’s reputation is increasingly coming under scrutiny from
overseas, we’ve seen it recently with our factory farming practices. A ban would ensure that animals do not have to
suffer horrific deaths for the sake of cosmetic products. Animal testing involves some of the most horrific cruelty
imaginable, and there really is no excuse.”
ENDS