Animal Life Site
	Deb Duxbury BellaOnline's Animal Life Editor

Animal Testing For Cosmetics
The European Union had recognized that it was no longer necessary to subject animals to harmful and deadly experiments with the advancements in technology. However, due to large pressure from the cosmetic industry, the Union seeks to recant its support of cruelty-free beauty products.

Deceptive Barcodes Lead to Animal Welfare Issues
Product labels and barcodes are often misleading to consumers. This puts animals across the world at risk and shoppers in a quandary when attempting to purchase goods.

Dog Food Recall for Advanced Animal Nutrition
Advanced Animal Nutrition has updated information on a voluntary recall to include expanded lot numbers for several brands of dog food.

Feather Weave for Hair is Fowl
Hair fashion is fun and brings out the giddy inside most girls. However, it is hard to laugh and feel pretty when we know that we have death hanging in our strands.

Horse Meat in America
Horse meat slaughter is being viewed as a successful means to save the American economy. However, the numbers do not add up and once again, the general population is left holding the bag for sloppy political thinking.

Pet Food Safety
Whether you live with an animal or donate food to assist them. What you don’t know about pet food could harm our furry friends.

Rhino Horn Consumption Myths
It is time to dispel the myths of rhinoceros horn being an effective aphrodisiac and the purported fountain of youth. Let us shed light on how our ignorance is killing off an endangered species.

Sharks Need Fins to Survive
Shark fin soup is an unnecessary food source when all the components found in a shark’s fin are also found within herbal and vitamin supplements that are readily available, far less costly on our purse strings, and more responsible to our ecosystem.

Ugg Boots Are Ineffective Fashion
Fur-lined boots are costly, impractical, and inhumane. Learn how to effectively stay warm while preserving the Raccoon Dog, an animal that survived the Ice Age only to be barbarically mistreated by being skinned alive at the hands of humans.