State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced legislation to prohibit the use of dogs and cats for toxicity testing for products such as pesticides, food, and drugs.
This bill exempts the testing of pet products and biomedical products. "Dogs and cats should not be subjected to unnecessary and inhumane toxicity testing that doesn't have useful health outcomes," Wiener, a gay man, said in a news release. "We should make sure that if testing is done on dogs and cats, that it is humane and has an actual medical value.
Animals deserve better treatment and should not be subjected to harmful testing simply because they can't say no." Dogs and cats are frequently used to test consumer products, such as cosmetics and food additives,