WORLD ANIMAL DAY 2023
Take action for animals in laboratories this World Animal Day
This World Animal Day we’re standing up for all animals suffering in laboratories daily around the world.
We estimate that at least 192.1 million animals were used for scientific purposes worldwide in 2015 – this is the world’s most reliable figure to date.
Figures from around the globe paint a similarly bleak picture. The latest figures released by the European Commission show that there were 7.3 million uses of animals in EU laboratories (excluding Norway) in 2020. In Great Britain, over 2.7 million procedures on animals were completed in 2022, and in the US, there was a 6% increase in testing on animals in 2021, with a total of 712,683 animals used in experiments according to data from the USDA.
Animals are sentient beings who deserve the opportunity to live, bond and play in their natural environments. They deserve love not cruelty. As we continue to campaign for kinder science, there are things you can do to help get us closer to a world where no animal suffers in a laboratory.
This World Animal Day, will you get involved to support an end to testing on animals?
SMALL STEPS TO A CRUELTY FREE WORLD
Take action from our cruelty free checklist below and help us work towards a world where no animal has to suffer in a laboratory.
Remember animals in your will
subtitle: With a gift in your will, you can always be there for animals.
With a gift in your will, you can always be there for animals.
Remember animals in your will
subtitle: With a gift in your will, you can always be there for animals.
With a gift in your will, you can always be there for animals.
Help us #SendSurvivorsHome by supporting the CARE Act
subtitle: Ask your US Representative to support the CARE Act.
Over 200,000 dogs, cats, and rabbits are used in experiments each year in the United States. The Companion Animal Release from Experiments (CARE) Act will ensure that dogs, cats, and rabbits are placed in loving homes
Help end animal experiments in the US
subtitle: Ensure humane science is at the heart of US research by supporting the HEARTS Act.
Share that you care
subtitle: Share your support for a cruelty free Europe by tagging your MP using our suggested text
Find your next cruelty free favourite
subtitle: Search Leaping Bunny Approved brands via our quick and easy search tool, the most regularly updated resource of cruelty free brands
Make a donation
subtitle: Donate what you can today to support the fight to end testing on animals.
Support the Humane Cosmetics Act
subtitle: Ask your US Representative to support the Humane Cosmetics Act.
If you live in the US you can help by contacting your US Senator and asking them to support the Humane Cosmetics Act
Merchandise with meaning
subtitle: Gift yourself or your loved ones with exclusive designs from our online store that not only look good but do good.
Gift an e-card
subtitle: Send a loved one an exclusive animal e-card and donate the cost of a card and stamp to Cruelty Free International.
FOR A CRUELTY FREE FUTURE
Animals are suffering right now and they need your help. Please donate today to join the fight to end testing on animals.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
After 1.2 million EU citizens supported the Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics European Citizens’ Initiative, the European Commission has proposed an action among member states of the EU, via the European Research Area, to coordinate national policies to replace the use of animals in laboratories and speed up development and implementation of non-animal methods.
This proposal could be a crucial vehicle for driving the use of animals out of not just the testing of chemicals and cosmetics, but out of all science.
Show your support by tagging your local member of parliament on social media using our suggested text below.
I’m supporting @CrueltyFreeIntl in calling on governments across the EU to work together to create a cruelty free world based on animal-free science. Will you support a cruelty free Europe? #endanimaltesting