Save Lives During Breast Cancer Awareness Month! October 23, 2009

Posted by Rachel-O at October 23, 2009 1:40 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 10 ) | TrackBack

We care about animals and people—and a big reason why we hate animal testing so much is because it kills both animals and people. Every year, monkeys, dogs, cats, mice, bunnies and other animals are killed in cruel and ineffective breast cancer experiments, when thousands of women continue to die.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the countless animals and women who die every year of breast cancer need you to stand up and help raise awareness for humane and superior testing methods that will actually save lives, instead of only taking them.

Please click here to send a letter to all of the newspapers in your area! We've set up an easy form that will give you talking points, and a sample letter—and will even find the newspapers near you! Getting these letters printed means that more people become informed about wasteful and cruel experiments on animals, and find out how they can support humane charities that are focusing on what causes breast cancer and how to prevent it.

E-mail us at StreetTeam@peta2.com with a copy of the letter you sent, and we'll give you 1,000 Street Team points.

Breasts, Not Animal Tests July 29, 2009

Posted by Marta at July 29, 2009 1:15 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 1 ) | TrackBack

It's crazy to think that people are still artificially inducing diseases in monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits, cats, dogs, and other animals in an attempt to find cures for diseases in people. Their bodies are different than ours, plain and simple. One thing that is for sure the same, however, is the ability we all have to experience pain, loneliness, and fear.

Which is why it just doesn't make sense that animals often suffer and die in cruel and horrific tests in the name of breast cancer "research." Former National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Richard Klausner has stated, "The history of cancer research has been the history of curing cancer in the mouse. We have cured mice of cancer for decades, and it simply didn't work in humans."

Enter our "Breasts, Not Animal Tests" campaign! We teamed up with Keep A Breast to bring this campaign to the masses, and we couldn't be more excited! After all, prevention and early detection is the key to stopping breast cancer, so please—if you've got them—check your boobies! And for more ways to get involved, check these out:

• Add a "Breasts, Not Animal Tests" banner to your page.
• Play our Test on Breasts game.
• Buy our sweet new tank top and wear it everywhere you go.

And of course, don't forget to spread the word!

Boobs. Breasts. Ta-Tas. Whatever it is you call them, we want you to protect 'em, so remember: test your breasts—not animals!

How Can You Help Cure Breast Cancer? July 28, 2009

Posted by Rachel-O at July 28, 2009 2:12 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 103 ) | TrackBack

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As someone who has lost both of her parents to diseases without a cure, I have an idea of what it's like to be frustrated knowing someone you love is sick and not knowing how what to do or how to help.

Breast cancer is a disease that affects millions of women and families every year, and for many of them, the only hope they have is in research being done to try to cure it. All hope is with charities and scientists—many of whom continue to fund animal testing.

The truth? The use of animals for breast cancer research is unreliable because of animals' significant genetic, cellular, and physiological differences from humans. Former National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Richard Klausner has stated, "The history of cancer research has been the history of curing cancer in the mouse. We have cured mice of cancer for decades, and it simply didn't work in humans."

We should all feel let down by this research and demand something better—an end not only to the cruelty of testing on animals but to the end of useless experiments that haven't helped cure cancer. Repetitive, expensive, cruel and absolutely selfish tests continue to go on while women are still dying of breast cancer every day.

Please take a minute and send one single e-mail to executives of the organizations that still fund animal research. Ask them to support scientifically sound and humane research that can stop breast cancer before it starts.

Reese Witherspoon, Avon Lady October 19, 2007

Posted by Patricia at October 19, 2007 11:57 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 ) | TrackBack

Are they or aren't they has been the question on everyone's mind when it comes to Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal. I really hate it when celebs try to be all sneaky and refuse to admit they're dating, pregnant, gay, whatever they're hiding. We'll find out eventually, we always do so just give it up already.

Reese and Jake even avoided each other at the premiere of their new movie, Rendition. In all fairness, her divorce from Ryan Phillippe had just been finalized that day so maybe it was too soon to declare their affection for each other.

One thing Reese isn't worried about going public with is her support of the Avon Foundation, a cruelty-free charity that focuses on breast cancer research and awareness, among other issues. In fact, Avon Products, Inc. has named her the first-ever global ambassador and honorary chair of the foundation.

I'd like to be the ambassador of fabulousness...or shoes. Ooooh! Shoes! Yeah, forget that fabulousness thing, I'm going with global ambassador of shoes. Sorry, so back to Reese...she's also become the newest face of Avon cosmetics, and recently shot a new commercial for the cruelty-free company.

Glad to see that a bit of "Elle Woods" has rubbed off on her and she's working with people who know that torturing animals for health or beauty is cruel, archaic, and a waste of time and money.

xox

Patricia

P.S. Nine years ago we lost my life-long BFF's mom (my second mom) to breast cancer and I miss her every single day. I wish all of the charities trying to find cures for breast cancer and other diseases would stop using unreliable animal tests for all our sakes.

If you or someone you know is planning to donate time or money to a charity, you can find out their stand on animal testing on the Council of Humane Giving's handy dandy search page.