AR-News: New BUAV opinion -massive UK public support for ban on animal testing

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Message: 9
   Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:09:47 +0100
   From: Campaigns Team <campaigns at buav.org>
Subject: BUAV Email Update: New BUAV opinion poll for National Cruelty-Fre e Week reveals massive UK public support for ban on animal testing of hou sehold cleaning products


New BUAV opinion poll for National Cruelty-Free Week reveals massive UK
public support for ban on animal testing of household cleaning products 

A new BUAV opinion poll reveals that UK consumers (particularly women) want
to take the cruelty out of cleaning. The opinion poll was commissioned by
the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) to mark National
Cruelty-Free Week (5-11 July) and conducted by Opinion Research Business
(ORB). It reveals that a massive 78% of the British public (82% of women)
support a UK ban on animal testing for household cleaning products like
washing up liquid or carpet shampoo. 85% of women would be more likely to
swap to a cruelty-free brand if it was BUAV approved.

The BUAV's National Cruelty-Free Week 5-11th July aims to raise public
awareness that animal testing for beauty and household cleaning products
still goes on, and encourages shoppers to ditch their animal tested products
and go cruelty-free instead.

The new BUAV poll also reveals that UK shoppers are eager to ditch animal
tested cleaning brands in favour of 'cruelty-free' alternatives, and are
keen for more supermarkets to produce own-brand cleaning products approved
as 'not tested on animals' by the BUAV. 80% of those asked would be more
likely to swap to a brand approved by the BUAV.

* 79% of UK shoppers (83% of women) say they would be likely to swap
to a brand that was not animal tested if they discovered their existing
brand was tested on animals 
* 86% of the British public would support their local grocery store
introducing a range of household products not tested on animals  
* 80% of those questioned (85% of women) said that if they wanted a
household product that was not tested on animals, they would be more likely
to buy it if it was approved by the BUAV as cruelty-free. 

In the UK household product tests are carried out on animals like mice,
rats, guinea-pigs, rabbits, pigs, fish and birds. Dogs can also be subjected
to this cruelty. In the UK in 2002 there was a shameful 75% increase in
animal experiments for household products and ingredients. A staggering
1,032 poisoning experiments were conducted; such experiments not only cause
immense suffering, they are also crude and unscientific.

The BUAV's Dirty Secrets campaigns calls for a total UK ban on animal
testing for household products. Over 100 MPs already have signed an Early
Day Motion calling for a total UK ban on household product testing on
animals (EDM: 738) showing there is political support for the Government to
take swift action.

The BUAV's campaign also urges consumers to boycott animal cruelty by only
buying cruelty-free brands approved by the organisation's international
Humane Household Products Standard. The BUAV produces a handy pocket-sized
Little Book of Cruelty-Free listing all BUAV approved companies, and
approved companies can distinguish themselves by carrying the schemes
'leaping bunny' logo, making shopping with a conscience even easier. 

Get Active:
1. There are currently six household product companies approved by the
BUAV's Humane Household Products Standard (Faith Products Ltd: Brand Clear
Spring; The Laundry; The Co-op: Own-label household products range; 
The Oil Refining Company: Brand Astonish; Jason Cosmetics: Brand Heather's
Natural and Organic Cleaning Products; Aubrey Organics: Brand Aubrey
Organics)  
Check out www.buav.org and click on the eye-catching "Dirty Secrets" banner
on the home page to view details. 
2. To reserve your free copy of the BUAV's Little Book of Cruelty-Free
updated for 2004, to be published for National Cruelty-Free Week, send your
name & postal address to campaigns at buav.org (non-UK residents please see
www.buav.org/gocrueltyfree for international listings updated 5-11 July)
 


 


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