Animal testing for cosmetics and toiletries is unnecessary and extremely cruel.
Click here for a list of companies that still support this inhumane practice.

Each year, an estimated 27 million animals in the US are used in research, testing and education.
Over 2 million animals are killed in dissection classes.

 

In a 1995 Associated Press survey,
67% agreed that it is seldom or never right
to test cosmetics on animals.

 

There are presently nearly 500 alternatives
available to dissection for science education

 

Roughly 1.2 million laboratory animals were used in 1999,
excluding rats, birds and mice. The numbers by animal:

70,541 dogs
23,238 cats
54,927 primates
266,129 guinea pigs
201,593 hamsters
280,222 rabbits
155,409 farm animals, including cows, sheep and pigs.
165,939 others, such as gerbils, ferrets and minks.

An estimated 20-25 million rats and mice are used annually.

 

Statistics and quotes from The Animal Protection Institute
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