Cheekbones to die for ♥

If you know me, then you should know by now I don’t use products testing on animals. I am totally against real fur, and am now trying to eat totally free range.

Whilst I don’t agree with the extremism of groups such as PETA and the group against Huntington life sciences, I do think they are some of the only people that are actually trying to stop unnecessary suffering where our furry friends are concerned.

Ok, so it took some time, but I do actually agree with those of you who think we should test on animals to further medical research, such as new treatments for cancer etc. But why should the animal be in pain whilst we are doing this? There are now hundreds of human testing centers, great! Do they skimp on the sedatives? Of course not, because in the natural order of things we are greater than any animal. So with this in the scientists minds, they don’t invest in proper or enough sedatives, and so the animals are in pain when they are going through these processes. All to save us.

It is torture in a way, and with the many synthetics now available should not be happening. But with global corporations such as L’Oreal not playing the game, why should the other companies bother? And it isn’t just cosmetics I have to watch. Boycotting animal tested products is a daily and consuming process. I have to research new companies, sometimes emailing them to ask if their centers abroad test. As it is now illgal in the European Union, but not outside it.

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Please watch the video. Yes it is a shock tactic, this seems to be the only way to get through to all those blind eyes though, doesn’t it? I’m not going to preach about how right or wrong your buying habits are. This is mearly a one way conversation about my own buying habits and the video about is one of the reasons.

I’m not just an animal hugger though. With all the undercover programmes exposing the major high st fashion retailers as exploiting the poor, I’m really having to re-think my what goes into my wardrobe. With all the alternatives the same stores are starting to offer being so expensive, I’m starting to turn to vintage and independent indie designers for my clothes. Yes it is a long process, but one I hope to have mastered within the next two years.

As for food, well that will take considerable longer. I would love to eat purely free-range foods, at the moment thought it’s not affordable.  Yes I am buying free range roast chickens, but what about the fillets? pork, beef, lamb, was that treated and killed ethically? This is a longer journey, one that makes me proud. And in turn I hope that David and any family we one day create will embrace this way of life too. Not as crazy, mixed up hippies. But as another way of living. A normal way. Just as we recycle now without a care, it has become second nature. And lets us contribute to cleaning up the earth, just a little.

To thoese who disagree with me because of pricing pressure, or just an ignorant of animals being more than the lower of the species. That’s fine, you’ve made your choice and I’m not going to question it. So I can only hope readers old and new do not discriminate against this blog either.

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