After all, are dogs still being tested for cigarettes? (photo)

In recent days, they have gone viral on Instagram and are making the rounds of the internet with some -at least- inhuman images that seem to show cigarettes being tested by puppies.

The pictures show some beagle dogs wearing masks, making it clear that they are breathing in the cigarette smoke.

The Instagram post was shared by the Karmagawa organization, which has so far received more than 2.7 million likes and thousands of comments disapproving of the use of beagle puppies for cigarette testing experiments.

And here the question is “are cigarettes still tested on animals or are these images misleading”?

First of all, smoking in dogs was banned in the United Kingdom in 1997, followed by a ban on testing cosmetics in animals in 1998. In Europe, smoking in animals was banned in Belgium, Estonia, Germany and Slovakia. but there is no ban across the EU.

“Unfortunately, if the companies that do the experiments complete the right bureaucracy, there are very few things that can be done. “Therefore, according to EU Directive 2010/63 / EU, experiments involving the development and testing of tobacco products may be approved under certain conditions,” PETA said.

“There is no requirement for animal tobacco testing within the EU and therefore nothing prevents the EU from banning the use of animals for tobacco testing,” they say.

Animal testing is no longer mandatory under tobacco legislation in the US, although, as in the EU, it is not strictly prohibited.

PETA estimates that “2 million animals are used worldwide for inhalation toxicity experiments” each year. This practice is now done using mice, however, they asked PETA if they were aware of any recent cases involving beagles.

“PETA is not aware of any recent studies using dogs in cigarette inhalation experiments, specifically not for the development of tobacco products, which is banned in some countries.”

“However, basic research is not prohibited for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), where they often use mice exposed to cigarette smoke to cause the disease.”

So if pictures of beagles do not show recent smoke tests, what do they show and what is their source?

If you scroll down to the comments of Karmagawa’s Instagram post, you will find one from the @ winsdiarrhea account. They spotted the two beagles in this article four years ago. The article covers the ban on pesticide testing on dogs in Japan, which came into force in 2018. This makes it possible that the photos of the puppies came from a pesticide test in Japan.

The image of the cigarette machine, placed in the post just above the beagles to convince us that cigarettes are being tested on dogs, is even more misleading.

The source of the image was discovered by @userusernomi, and it is the Flickr account of Yessmoke Laboratory in Italy – which tests the quality of tobacco products. This machine tests the burning rate of cigarettes and has absolutely nothing to do with animal testing.

So what is the Karmagawa organization?

Karmagawa is a charity founded by Timothy Skyes, a self-made millionaire from the USA. Skyes now teaches stock trading through his website and has set up Karmagawa, an online clothing store that claims to give 100% of its revenue to charity.

Karmagawa’s post says it is a repost from animal rights charity @animaliberaction, although it appears that their original post has now been removed.

Despite the huge amount of distrust in the comments, Karmagawa’s post remains active, with the company insisting that animal cigarette testing is still taking place. The post has also been shared on their Twitter account.

Are there other products that are tested on beagles?

Although smoke tests on beagles are not likely to occur – although many countries do not have an absolute ban – these dogs are involved in testing other products.

Beagles are one of the most widely used dog breeds in animal testing laboratories due to their obedient temperament and size. In the United Kingdom, beagles are bred specifically for drug testing experiments, which is required by law. All new drugs in the UK must be tested on at least two different species of mammals and one of these animals must be large, non-rodent. Because of their size, beagles share some similarities with humans, which is why they are used so regularly. The Animal Law of 1986 states that animal experiments should not be performed if there is a realistic alternative, but with animal testing incorporated into UK law it is difficult to avoid.

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