In a major victory for animal rights, Colombia will become the first South American country to ban cosmetic testing on animals, thanks to a new law signed by President Iván Duque Márquez on August 10.
The legislation, which becomes effective in 2024, will prohibit the use of animals for testing cosmetics products and ingredients for both imported and manufactured goods.
Introduced in 2018, the bill was authored by Congress member Juan Carlos Losada, who worked with Animal Defenders International (ADI) Colombia to advance the proposed legislation. ADI provided research and testimony on how ineffective testing cosmetics on animals is, and the bill gained the favor of the Colombian government, the National Association of Businessmen, and all 14 political parties in the country, according to a press release ADI provided to Lady Freethinker.
“This humane and historic new law will spare the suffering of countless animals in needless cosmetics tests,” said Jan Creamer, President of ADI. “Thank you, Colombia, for leading the way in Latin America, we hope to see other nations take similar action.”
“With the approval of this law, Colombia advanced as a country towards community development free of animal exploitation,” said Senate bill co-author Richard Aguilar. “It is time to discard any product manufactured at the cost of animal suffering, to advance the protocols and the ways we investigate and to be on par with world leaders in scientific innovation, for whom these practices are considered cruel.”
Colombia joins nearly 40 other countries in banning cosmetics testing on animals, as more people recognize that this practice is cruel and unnecessary.
Cosmetic testing on animals is inaccurate and unreliable because it fails to account for differences between species, producing results that aren’t necessarily applicable to humans. As a result, companies around the world are increasingly adopting non-animal techniques that yield more useful results.
Lady Freethinker applauds Colombia’s effort to push the cosmetics industry toward a cruelty-free future.
treat animals with respect and kindness!
To Jacqueline Lebright
Yes you are right we need to do something about contries like China Thailand Korea they are evil at last someone thinks like me if l was PM of uk l cut them countries off from having there goods in uk until they stop being cruel to animals and l dont
Understand why people are eating chinese food again in uk are you mad dont buy chinese goods or Korea cars.
Animal Lives Matter
So to all world leaders we need to look after what animals are left on this planet before its to late there lives are in your hands.
We Need It Now not 2024 and all the world needs to be animal cruelty free.
Animal Lives Matter
Love from uk
Only plus they will ban it thank you Colombia
We Need It Now not 2024 and all the world needs to be animal cruelty free.
Animal Lives Matter
Love from uk
Only plus they will ban it thank you Colombia
Good for Columbia, now if the rest of the world would follow suit.
STOP CRUELTY
Stop dieren leed aub
Thank you! It is a wonderful start. Please go on like this.
Brilliant , morals matter
I’m Jackii and sick of foreign countries especially China Thailand Korea eating dogs cats and other wild life animals they r disgusting and doesn’t care anything about the country or anybody else’s I need to be stopped I don’t understand why nothing is being done and they should be stopped in definitely by the United States of America why are we not doing anythingIf you enforce it
Yaaaay Colombia!!!
MUST SHUT DOWN “ALL LAB’S” ,,, ASAP!! PROTECT ANIMALS FROM SUCH “CRUEL AN EVIL“ LABORATORIES !!
Thank you Columbia!! For no longer allowing this cruel and barbaric practice and for paving the way for other countries to follow suit.
Thank you Colombia!!
So happy to see Columbia has banned animal testing for cosmetic testing! Need to stop pharmaceutical testing too
Columbia is more responsible, compassionate than the “best” country in the world – the United States of America, excluding the State of California which bans cosmetics to be tasted on animals.
That’s something, isn’t it?
J’espère que cela va inspirer d’autres pays et surtout le mien! Cependant pourquoi attendre aussi longtemps?
Wonderful news. Feicitaciones a todos los que lucharon para consequir esta victoria.
Great News.Thank You.
Good News BUT FOUR YEARS BEFORE IT TAKES AFFECT???>?>?> TOO LONG!
Thank you for having the courage to sign this new law President Marquez but do you really have to wait until 2024 for it to take effect? Have you no concept of how much animal suffering will take place from now until then? Can you reconsider and ensure this law is passed by the end of 2020 at the very latest?
The law doesn’t take effect until 2024? How many more animals will suffer between now and then. It’s good it passed, but Colombia can do better.
I asm happy that Columbia is banning cosmetic tests but why 2024? Why effective immediately?
Just awesome! I am thrilled to tears. Thank you to all that make it possible.
Yay… This is awesome good news. Thank for from animal lovers and thank you from animals that don’t need the pain from inhumane cruelty.
AwESOME
Why wait so long? Do it now for the animals. How many animals will suffer and be killed by 2024 for these tests?
Wonderful!
Wonderful!!
First of many I hope
At last a country with a president who is showing empathy to animals. Many, many thanks !
Thank you, Colombia.
Well done Columbia.
Thanks very much Colombia. Hope many many countries will follow. It’s totally absurd, insane and cruel that animals have to suffer for cosmetica products… Ashamed to be a human some times…
Thank you!!!