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* Companies that test on animals, laboratories, contract laboratories, breeding, biological supply (dissection) and related articles. Because a company is not listed here , does not mean it does not test on animalsdo [[animal testing]].  For listings links to copies of a facility's [[U.S. Department of biomedical research facilities by stateAgriculture]] (USDA)-Animal Plant Health Inspection (APHIS) reports, other information and links, visit see also [http://www.hsusall-creatures.org/animals_in_researchsaen/general_information_on_animal_research/ HSUS General res-fr.html Stop Animal Experimentation NOW!: Facility Reports and Information on Animal Research]. For This site contains listings for all 50 states, links to biomedical research facilities in that state and PDF copies of government documents where facilities' must report their animal usage.  As of May 26, 2009, the USDA began posting all inspection reports on speciesfor animal breeders, dealers, exhibitors, handlers, number of animals research facilities and other information visit animal carriers by state. See also [http://www.all-creaturesaphis.usda.orggov/saenanimal_welfare/res-frinspection_list.html shtml USDA-APHIS reportsAnimal Welfare Inspection Reports]. Each state has a link to biomedical research facilities.  At no time have all laboratories in the U.S. reported their experimental totals. The total of non-reporting facilities has varied from 22 to 128 (out of approximately 1100). The species that are This does not include those animals not covered by under the Animal Welfare Act (rats, miceAWA), etc.) which are not even counted. Over 90% of the animals used in experimentation are purposely excluded from protection under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA -- , the only federal law that governs which over sees animal experimentation)testing. Rats, mice, birds, reptiles, amphibians and many other species have been fish are expressly eliminated from all safeguards (see . Species not covered under the AWA do not even have to be reported. See also [[Uhttp://www.aphis.usda.Sgov/publications/animal_welfare/content/printable_version/faq_awusda. animal rights legislationpdf The Animal Care Program and the USDA's Authority Under the AWA: Q & A]] 4.3). Additionally, these statistics do not cover animals that which are caged being held in laboratories but are being held for conditioning or breeding. For example, while the USDA reports the use of over 57,000 primates in labs, the actual total is probably more like closer to 120,000. [http://all-creatures.org/saen/fact-anex-2005.html SAEN, 2005] === Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act ===The [http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdctoc.htm Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act] does not specifically require the use of animals in testing cosmetics for safety, nor subject cosmetics to [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) premarket approval. See also [http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/CosmeticsQA/ucm167216.htm Cosmetics Q&A: Animal Testing]. For current lists of U.S., Canadian and international companies which do not test on animals, visit the [http://www.leapingbunny.org/shopping.php Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics].