ChiKat

While I'm on the Peta kick, here's a list of things I still buy but feel very, very guilty about:

(1) Purina dog food. Most dog food is tested on dogs. The dogs are kept in cages. They are not always exercised regularly. They have to endure repeated biopsies so scientists can examine how nutritious the dog food is that the dogs are being fed.

At the dog shelter, I see dogs in cages all the time. They aren't happy. It pains me to know that by buying Purina, I'm keeping dogs in cages so Purina can continue to introduce new dog foods to the market (one of the strongest growing markets in the supermarket, by the way).

And yet, I can't bring myself to buy cruelty-free dog food. All the brands I have found that don't test on dogs are three times the price of Purina dog food. My dog is huge. He eats 4 cups of food a day. So I keep buying the Purina and I live with the guilt.

(2) Neutrogena Anti-Wrinkle Cream. This stuff is the nectar of the gods. My skin loves this stuff. I'm sure it is so wonderful thanks to some little bunny that is now missing a chunk of skin from the animal testing.

I have to force myself to try a new cream that isn't tested on animals. I know somewhere, some tiny, fluffy bunny will thank me. But I have this tiny part of my brain telling me that I'm going to instantly become a wrinkled crone if I stop using my magic potion.

(3) Leather, silk and wool. I KNOW! It feels like it is impossible to be animal-friendly all the time.

As soon as I feel like I've started to make a difference, I find out I'm doing a dozen other things that are terrible.