Category:Animal testing

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 animals. For listings of biomedical research facilities by state, visit HSUS General Information on Animal Research. For links to copies of facilities' USDA reports on species, number of animals and other information visit USDA-APHIS 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 not covered by the Animal Welfare Act (rats, mice, etc.) 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 animal experimentation). Rats, mice, birds, and many other species have been expressly eliminated from all safeguards (see also U.S. animal rights legislation 4.3). Additionally, these statistics do not cover animals that are caged 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 120,000. Animal Exploitation in the US, 2005, SAEN

• "The FD&C Act does not specifically require the use of animals in testing cosmetics for safety, nor does the Act subject cosmetics to FDA premarket approval." The FDA strongly encourages alternatives to animal testing. [1] For current lists of U.S., Canadian and International companies which do not test on animals visit Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics Shopping Guide.