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Animal testing doesn't work: it fails over 90% of the time!

~300,000 animals are used for science each year in New Zealand

Many of these animals are subject to cruel and unnecessary experiments

Many scientists don't want to test on animals

There are better scientific methods that can be used instead of animals

More Kiwis are choosing to live cruelty-free every day!

We're educating and empowering Kiwis to use their consumer power to create a cruelty-free Aotearoa

Small changes at home and at work will make a huge difference for animals

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