The petitioners in rabbit costumes will be representing each of the 27 EU Member States, as part of HSI’s campaign to ban the sale of animal-tested cosmetics by 2013.
“Our rabbits are bringing a heartfelt message to Commissioner Dalli about animal-tested cosmetics sold in Europe: Animals are dying because Europe is buying,” said Emily McIvor, EU senior policy adviser for HSI/Europe.
“We and hundreds of thousands of consumers are calling on EU policy makers to keep their promise to stop the suffering by banning the sale of animal-tested cosmetics in 2013. Let’s close Europe’s doors to cosmetics suffering and ensure that the EU goes cruelty-free.”