my english opinion piece

ANIMAL BRUTALITY
Jenny walked past; she had a very cool outfit on. I thought it was very chic! This was before I saw what was sitting on her shoulder. I immediately looked away as if it was crying out for help. That poor little animal, I thought to myself. The fur on her scarf was quite long and wide. I’d imagine you would need to kill a lot of animals to be able to produce that one fur scarf she was wearing. Right there and then, I saw pure cruelty to animals on Jenny’s scarf.
Everyone’s style shifts with what the fashion industry puts out. Fashion says, ‘this style is cool’; everyone jumps on it, rushes to get on, just so that they are cool. The fashion industry puts out furs is the new black, everyone jumps on. The ‘it’ style, that everyone has got to have.
So many questions rising through my head, I wanted them to be answered. I wanted to ask all those who wear furs and those who produce them. Don’t they care that these animals have families just like all of us? The fashion industry is not the only one that is guilty of being cruel to animals.
You see those beautiful people on TV, magazines and celebrities that everyone looks up to. Everyone wants to look like them, wants to have what they have, that glossy red lipstick, crème, make up and that beautiful mascara that makes you’re lashes pop. They say “you’re worth it”, but are the animals’ lives worth it? They are not worth it if it means taking another’s life.
Before launching a new line of cosmetics, major companies like Revlon, Maybellin, D.P, Chechen, L’Oreal and Cover girl bring in innocent animals to be guinea pigs. They do tests on them to see how their skin, eyes and other parts of their body would react to all sorts of cosmetics. These animals are brought in and are locked up on teeny, tiny, small cages ready to be rubbed with all sorts of different chemicals and products to see how their skin will react. Most cosmetic companies prefer to do a lot of their experiments on monkey, rabbits, rat, and pigs and cats because their skin cells are similar to us humans.
I saw a documentary about animal testing. It was horrific seeing those animals’ eyes bleeding and animals’ suffering. Eyes were burnt, some didn’t even have any eyes and it was just a black hole. These things happen to these animals because of different disgraceful companies that have been testing on them. A little rabbit’s hip had a burn mark on it. What are they thinking when they are doing these tests on these innocent animals? I don’t think they even consider what’s going to happen to the animals, all they have in their heads is money, money, money. But money is worth more than the animal’s life and it’s not just one animal’s life, it is thousands of lives gone just for make up. These companies do tests on these animals and they stand there and watch the animals suffer. They watch their eyes burn, their skin melt, animals crying out in pain, animals suffering in horrific ways, while they just stand there and watch and waiting to see what’s going to happen to them. These things need to stop. What if they couldn’t test on animals, would they test on humans then? When you go into a shop to buy cosmetic products, do you ever think of how the cosmetic products came about? Major companies like Revlon, Maybellin, D.P, Chechen, L’Oreal and Cover girl are all guilty of shamelessly abusing animals.
How would you feel if you had cosmetic products put on you multiple times, your beautiful skin taken from you without your consent and you suffer in pain while they make money out of it? Imagine suffering from a swelling body, blistering, inflammation, blindness, agony and death. Is this the way for anyone to die? No! What a painful way to die.
I think there should be no more testing done on animals. Cosmetic companies should be “FREE OF ANIMAL TESTING”. There are cosmetic companies out there that don’t do testing on animals, like Avon. Whatever they are doing, it’s working. They don’t do testing on animals; they do it in a healthy way without their testing hurting animals in the process. This should be the same for the fashion industry, use FAKE FURS instead of real ones. This way every one is happy. The fashion industry and cosmetics companies still make millions and the animals live their lives without people taking their skin or doing awful tests on them. Be FREE of ANIMAL CRUELTY!