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Environmental groups concern over animal testing
During the countercultural awakening of the 1960s, environmental groups were the first to express alarm at the wasteful use of animals in the meat and household-product industries, particularly the use of rabbits and other small animals as test subjects by cosmetic companies. -
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Animal Rights
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Animal Welfare Act is the first U.S. legislation to control treatment of laboratory animals
The animal welfare act of 1966 was the first U.S. legislation to control the use and treatment of laboratory animals. -
1979 Animal Legal Defense Fund is established.
The Legal defense fund is established -
1986 Fur Free Friday, an annual nation-wide fur protest on the day after Thanksgiving, begins.
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Animal Procedures Act passed
Animal Procedures Act, passed in 1986, made animal-testing licenses more difficult to obtain; as a result, the use of animals in scientific and medical experiments has decreased by 22% since 1987 -
High school student makes headlines
California high school student, Jennifer Graham refuses to dissect a frog in class and makes national headlines. -
Revlon ceases to testtheir hair products on animals.
Revlon announces that they stopped testing their products on animals. -
GMC ceases to use live animals
General Motors Company stops using live animals such as dogs and cats in crash tests. -
Animal advocates gather in Washington DC to celebrate World Animal Awareness Week
In June 1996, animal advocates from around the world gathered inWashington, D.C. to celebrate what they called World Animal Awareness Week. -
Cosmetic testing on animals is outlawed in U.K.
The testing of cosmetics on animals was outlawed entirely in the U.K. in the late 1990s