Testing cosmetics on animals

What are your views on Testing cosmetics on animals?
Do you think its right to use animals to test cosmetics?

Additional information: Vegans avoid using body care products that come from animals and even household cleaners that are tested on animals.

“If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.”
― Ellen DeGeneres, My Point...And I Do Have One

Using animal testing during the development of cosmetics may involve testing individual ingredients of a product on animals, often rabbits. They test the ingredients by applying the ingredients to the animals' eyes, nose and mouth, this is to determine if the ingredients will cause unwanted reactions. The testing will continue until development of the cosmetics is finished.

I personally feel that they should not have used animals to test the cosmetics. If you think of how much animals suffer, some even die just to allow us to have cosmetics (which is not a need in our life), I will not encourage people to buy cosmetics which use animal testing.

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-Alvin