Tell Eva Mendes to Stop Endorsing Products Tested on Animals
By Julie RossTarget: Eva Mendes
Goal: Convince Eva Mendes to encourage the humane treatment of animals by not endorsing products by companies that test on them.
Eva Mendes keeps herself busy as a model, actress, home furnishings designer and recording artist. With so many things to do, it gives cause to wonder why she needs to add selling products that were tested on animals to her to-do list. By endorsing Pantene, Eva is helping Procter & Gamble, a company that tests on animals, sell products. Not only does Procter & Gamble test on animals, it is one of the worst offenders when it comes to animal testing. Ask Eva Mendes to encourage the humane treatment of animals by discontinuing her endorsement of Pantene, despite contractual obligations.
Procter & Gamble has a long history of cruel animal testing practices. Although it has claimed for years that it is seeking alternatives to animal testing, some animal activist sites say Procter & Gamble is lying. To test Procter & Gamble’s products, scientists place rabbits, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs and other animals in restraining devices so they can’t struggle while they have experiments performed on them. The experiments include poisoning animals with toxins, burning their eyes with chemicals and sometimes killing them. The animals are not sedated or given painkillers and sometimes break their necks or backs trying to escape from the pain. As if that’s not cruel enough, these animals also don’t receive basic care while they’re still alive.
Animal testing is an outdated and unnecessary form of cruelty. Technological advances have made it possible for scientists to test products on virtual and artificial human “skin” and “eyes” that imitate the body’s properties. This means that it is no longer necessary to drop chemicals in animals’ eyes and pump chemicals into their stomachs to make sure products are safe.
It’s time for celebrities to stop endorsing products without having any care or concern for the social or environmental consequences. They have the power to influence and educate the public on important issues and instead they opt to make money no matter what the cost to the planet. Tell Eva Mendes to help change this sad fact by discontinuing her endorsement of Pantene despite contractual obligations.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Eva Mendes,
As a model, actress and recording artist, you have wide-reaching influence that you could use to help educate the public on important issues. Instead, you have allowed yourself to be the face for a product made by a company that tests on animals. In order to test Procter & Gamble’s products, scientists put cleaning chemicals directly into dogs’ stomachs and force mice to eat synthetic musk and other fragrances. They also put chemicals in animals’ eyes, toxins in their stomachs, and sometimes kill them. All of this occurs without sedating the animals or giving them painkillers.
Animal testing is no longer necessary thanks to technological advances. There is no reason why a company that can afford to pay you to endorse its products can’t afford to use cruelty-free testing practices. We urge you to use your celebrity influence to educate people on animal testing by discontinuing your endorsement of Pantene.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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They know that many of their products are toxic, yet they test them anyway.
Signed. It is not necessary to test products on animals — if the products have all good for people substances — known to come from grandparents gardens and/or the natural fields.
Disgusting behavior, getting paid by a company that tortures living beings and doing NOTHING to help stop the pain those poor creatures endure.
This year I have made it my New Years Resolution to stop using products tested on animals, and also to stop supporting people who do. I will stop supporting Eva Mendes in any way I can and also warn my family and friends to stop using her products as well.
That’s amazing!
Spread the word!!!
Let’s take P&G DOWN!
http://forcechange.com/53924/pledge-not-to-buy-products-made-by-procter-and-gamble
I will from now on boycott these products!!!!! We must all make this committment until they change. maybe Eva didn’t know but she will know now. I hope she listens
Big companies like P&G couldn’t care less about the suffering of animals while they’re products are tested. Important is only one thing: MAKING BUCKS !
Eva Mendes can reject P&G’s products and become even more beautiful or she can continue to endorse them and become as ugly as they are.
Last I knew animals didnt use beauty or cleaning products. As for pantene, it strips your hair and replaces it with WAX so if feels thicker. Another garbage product of P&G. PEOPLE NEED TO BOYCOTT ALL P&G and ALL THEIR subsidies..including Purina..
Just stop it! what are we (the HUMANE race) doing anyway? Next time around, YOU may be the ones used for testing. You know, we have no idea about what may happen. Using animals is antiquated, cruel and stupid. How pathetic that this practice still goes on in this brand new century. None of my friends (there are more than you can imagine) will ever buy any of your products again.
Please do the right thing
Jennie Riker
PLEASE STOP ENDORSING THE PRODUCTS FOR THIS COMPANY, STOP THE TESTING ON ANIMALS. HOW WOULD THEY LIKE IT IF SOME DONE TESTING ON THEM?
NO ANIMAL TESTING!!!!!!!
THERE ARE SOME OTHER WAYS TO TEST PRODUCTS.
WE DO NOT WANT ANIMAL SUFFERING WITH THESE TESTINGS.
Humans should go to do some of these testings if there is nothing wrong with them.
P&G are screaming Hell on Earth and those who support them are senseless,careless,arrogant and egoistic demons.Eva Mendes you make me sick.
E repugnate,ediondo um produto ser fruto de sofrimento e
sem confiabilidade.
Que DEUS tenha piedade da tua alma! AS PESSOAS ESCOLHEM como querem morrer com as ações durante a vida! Muito sofrimento prá vc
Porque no se las hacen a ella las pruebas en vez de a los animales ? Así sentirá ella lo que sienten estos pobres seres !!
Factory farms torture animals, testing does the same. It seems that our pleasure is more important than the suffering of animals or of other humans. A sad commentary on our level of empathy.
thought Eva had more class, living off the back of an others suffering is just disgusting. your so not worth it Eva.
como personaje público que eres, tus acciones son un modelo a seguir para muchas gente. Debes pensar las consecuencias de tus anuncios o apoyos, no todo en la vida lo compra el dinero, hay que tener principios y dignidad.
Cuántas cosas ignoramos en esta sociedad de consumo donde nos hacen cómplices inconscientes de injusticias y actos en contra de nuestros semejantes, de nuestro entorno, de nuestra flora y fauna, de nuestra madre Tierra.
In this day and age there is no excuse for testing products on animals; it’s useless, antiquated and terribly cruel.
¡Que decepción! Con su actitud me ha hecho ver que no merece mi respeto como persona y desde luego ya no volveré a ver ninguna película más suya. ¡ Que triste Eva Mendes,espero que tu conciencia te deje dormir tranquila!
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