Here's a brilliant short that is bound to make you question your choice of eye drops. Produced by the Humane Society International, "Save Ralph" features the voice of Taika Waititi as Ralph, a laboratory rabbit who tries to be positive about his job while sporting visible scars of the torture he has endured in the name of product testing. The resulting film is both darkly hilarious and heartbreaking.
From the short's YouTube page, director Spencer Susser says, “It's so important that Ralph feels real because he represents countless real animals who suffer every day.” By anthropomorphizing the rabbit, Susser invites us to relate to Ralph's predicament, driving home the horrible absurdity of animal testing. Brilliantly, the short makes us want to help Ralph, and by extension lab animals.
I seriously switched shampoos after watching this. Check your products. If they test on guys like Ralph, do him a favor and give them the heave ho. And join the cause by clicking here.
-Steve
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