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Who we are
Led by the BUAV, the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) is Europe's leading group campaigning on behalf of animals used in laboratories.
Drawing on our political, legal and science expertise, as well as working with politicians, European officials and EU citizens, we campaign tirelessly to end the suffering of the 12 million animals used in animal tests in Europe every year.
The ECEAE was originally formed to stop animal testing for cosmetics and cosmetics ingredients within the EU. Thanks to 20 years of campaigning and masses of support from politicians, celebrities and the public, we finally achieved a ban on animal testing on cosmetics in Europe! But now the last part of the ban to come into force is under threat.
We need your help to stop animals needlessly suffering. Please sign the petition and make a donation now. Together we can make sure there are no cruel cosmetics in Europe.
About the Campaign
On 11th March 2009, all animal testing of cosmetics in the EU stopped thanks largely to two decades of campaigning by the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE).
But there is a catch. A ‘marketing’ ban that would also prevent the sale of new cruelly tested cosmetics in the EU is now in jeopardy. This marketing ban allows three types of animal tests to be carried out in non-EU countries for cosmetics sold in Europe until March 2013. The reason is to allow non-animal tests (‘alternatives’) to be developed and approved.
Now some in the cosmetics industry want to delay the March 2013 deadline even longer.
If they get their way it could mean 10 more years during which thousands of rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats could be injected, gassed or force-fed and killed worldwide for cosmetics products sold in the EU.
The ECEAE is fighting to ensure this does not happen. And we need your help. Sign our petition now and say NO to cruel cosmetics in Europe!
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