I have no problem with animal experimentation for medical research, but some of the things that they do for the make up/cosmetics industry can turn even my stomach.
There is a reason for such research--a tissue sample cannot wince in pain.
Cosmetics are chemical substances applied to the body's biggest organ, our skin. New products are new chemicals. Chemicals react to each other and created unexpected chemical results.
The fact is women are going to use cosmetics. That isn't going to change.
The choice here is: do 200 rabbits go blind, or do we release untested chemicals and let 20,000 women go blind?
I know idiots who would choose letting innocent women go blind.
Animal testing is an unfortunate reality of life. If you want to cure disease or sell a new product, you need to test on animals.
The animal rights nuts want to regulate testing right out of the country--being still necessary it will move to 3rd world countries where there are NO regulations and anything goes. But animal rights people don't think any further than our borders.
Meat is brain food. Too many animal rights nuts are vegan. If they would eat a burger once in a while, their arguments would be better.
As for me, I ensure at least one animal dies for every meal.