Today, 21 April, 10am:
'Their babies, not ours; Their skin, not ours' chants animal lovers who are against animal testing #AnimalRights @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/2vWOLVG0mg
— Ashtyn Mackenzie (@AshtynMackenzie) April 21, 2018
Local animal lovers gather for a peaceful march to support the animal protection bill tabled in parliament… showing that change is not far @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/QlUczzREBf
— Ashtyn Mackenzie (@AshtynMackenzie) April 21, 2018
Multiple organisations gather to protest against animal cruelty @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/31H7uCbDQZ
— Ashtyn Mackenzie (@AshtynMackenzie) April 21, 2018
A bill has been tabled by #BeautyWithoutCruelty and many others to tackle aspects of animal cruelty @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/ab79NAmRG0
— Ashtyn Mackenzie (@AshtynMackenzie) April 21, 2018
Animals and humans unite to protest against testing on animals for the #BeautyWithoutCruelty march around Zoo Lake @RK_Gazette pic.twitter.com/muiRWFfU3l
— Ashtyn Mackenzie (@AshtynMackenzie) April 21, 2018
Animal testing out the door @RK_Gazette Beauty Without Cruelty march around Zoo Lake pic.twitter.com/UtW8CWlk3B
— Ashtyn Mackenzie (@AshtynMackenzie) April 21, 2018
Beauty Without Cruelty march around Zoo Lake @RK_Gazette #animalcruetlysucks #beautyWithoitCruelty pic.twitter.com/6VHrJoAMno
— Ashtyn Mackenzie (@AshtynMackenzie) April 21, 2018
Earlier, 20 April:
Animal rights organisation, Beauty Without Cruelty South Africa (BWCSA), in partnership with Fur Free SA and Speak! are hosting a march in support of the bill to ban cosmetic testing in South Africa. Last year, BWCSA initiated the Animal Protection Act amendment to include a ban on cosmetic testing.
The purpose of the bill was to amend two acts, the Animals Protection Act 1962 and the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act of 1972, with the following intentions:
- To prohibit the sale and manufacture of cosmetics (final product and ingredients) which were tested on animals in South Africa
- To criminalise the testing of cosmetics on animals
- To criminalise the failure to provide animals with an appropriate environment.
The march, in support of the bill, is scheduled at 10am, 21 April, at Zoo Lake directly opposite the Joburg Zoo entrance on Jan Smuts Avenue. The march will proceed to the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) to hand over the petition to be brought in motion in Parliament on behalf of BWCSA.
The march coincides with the City’s #AreSebetseng clean-up campaign and local residents’ associations are expected to be busy in the area and have urged participants to not litter and assist with the clean-up if they can.
Are you attending the march? Look out for our editor, Ashtyn Mackenzie, and tweet your pictures @RK_Gazette
