Stone and lumley join botox campaign

Singer Joss Stone and former Bond girl Joanna Lumley have joined a campaign urging medical companies to stop testing Botox on animals.

The caring stars have spoken out after officials at the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) conducted a major probe into the face-freezing treatment and revealed some manufacturers trial the product on mice.

It is claimed the controversial LD50 experiment leaves rodents at risk of paralysis and death, and Lumley, Stone, and actress Lucy Davis - who starred in the original U.K. series of The Office - have called for Botox fans to shun brands which are tested on animals.

Lumley says, "I hate the idea that people wanting to be beautiful and smooth should use such an ugly and cruel product. Don't touch it. Support instead the brilliant substitute for animal testing, and keep your conscience as unmarked as your brow."

Stone says, "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."

Davis adds, "Please, don't allow animals, who feel pain and fear just like we do, to suffer simply for our own vanity."

Other stars who have already backed the campaign include funnyman Ricky Gervais and The Pretenders rocker Chrissie Hynde.