600,000 mice are sacrificed each year for botox cosmetics...

Crow’s feet? Creased forehead? Sweaty armpits? Botox is regularly touted as a solution in the Swiss media, but few reports mention the animal cruelty involved.

A Swiss animal rights group, the Verein gegen Tierfabriken Schweiz (VgT), has been staging demonstrations to raise awareness of the problem.

“There’s been a lot reported on botox, but very little about the animal cruelty aspect. So the best thing is to provoke,” VgT president Erwin Kessler told swissinfo.ch. 

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It starts with a jab in the belly. Impaired vision, paralysis and respiratory trouble follow; eventually, the mice suffocate. The process takes three or four days. The surviving mice – no longer fit for more testing – are typically killed in gas chambers.

Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany estimates that worldwide at least 600,000 mice die in the making of botox each year. It predicts that the number will rise as the popularity of the quick wrinkle fix soars. Full story...

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