Stone, Lumley 'join anti-Botox campaign'

Joss Stone and Joanna Lumley have joined a campaign urging drug companies to stop testing Botox on animals.

The stars have spoken out after the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) revealed that several medical firms have tested the substance on mice, leaving the rodents at risk for paralysis and death, reports the Daily Star.

"I hate the idea that people wanting to be beautiful and smooth should use such an ugly and cruel product," said Lumley.

"Don't touch it. Support instead the brilliant substitute for animal testing, and keep your conscience as unmarked as your brow."

Stone added: "We can stop this cruel and unnecessary act by bringing light to what has clearly been done in darkness for too long. I think it is a sick way to test something that is for cosmetic use.

"They are not trying to cure cancer here; this is about smoothing the wrinkles on the faces of women and men. How many innocent animals have to suffer? Let's put a stop to this cruel, inhumane, and above all unnecessary act."

Ricky Gervais, Chrissie Hynde and Lucy Davis have also backed the campaign.