The term ‘Animal testing’ refers to the procedures done on living animals for the purpose of testing biology, diseases and testing the effectiveness of cures/medical procedures. All these procedures are to test the safety of the product/procedures for the consumers health/safety. They do it on animals like rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs and more as they all have similar body types and characteristics to humans so researchers can get an idea of how the human body would react to the experiments.  Although all this is done for the safety of the public it also comes with a negative side which is the pain and deaths of innocent animals.  
Sadly, only three percent of animals that go into animal testing survive the tests and processes. This results in the estimate that globally around 500,000 animals suffer and die just for cosmetics each year, this doesn’t even include the other testing for other purposes! At the end of some tests, the animals are killed, normally by asphyxiation, neck-breaking or decapitation. Every second one animal dies due to animal testing and the saddest part is that pain relief is not provided. It has also been proven that these tests are useless as the results in experiments have shown unreliable results multiple times.  
Also, typically, facilities that engage in animal testing not only dispose of animals, but also dispose of potentially dangerous chemicals, food waste, and a variety of supplies used during the testing process. This results in environmental exposure to toxic chemicals, diseases, and other risks.  
Most of the time we don’t want to support animal testing but do without knowing by supporting brands that use animal testing. Here is a list of brands that do and don’t use animal testing in South Australia.  
 
Cruelty free – no animal testing: 
Australian Bush Flower Essences 
Australian Native Botanicals 
Arbonne 
Avalon Organics 
Brooklan Tree 
Byron Nature’s Gift 
Clean Conscience 
Cotton On 
David Jones Beauty 
Dermalogica 
Dove 
Eco Logic Cosmetics 
Ecostore 
Eco Tan 
Ere Perez 
Herbal Essences 
JOLI Natural Skincare 
Kat Von D Beauty 
KEVIN.MURPHY 
Little Innoscents 
Logona 
LUSH 
My Lip Stuff 
ModelCo 
Muk Haircare 
Natio 
Nude by Nature 
Opulence Cosmetics 
Original Mineral  
Positively Organic Skincare 
RJ Mineral Cosmetics 
St. Ives 
The Body Shop 
Too Faced 
Ultraceuticals 
Zuii Organic 

Also, companies such as L’oreal own different brands that test and don’t test on animals. L’oreal owns brands such as Maybelline that do test on animals, but they own kiehls which don’t test on animals. This shows how sneaky companies can be, and that you need to be aware of brands that do and don’t. Here is a link to websites that don’t animal test! 
https://www.peta.org/living/personal-care-fashion/these-companies-dont-test-on-animals/ 
 

So, if you would like to make a change firstly make sure you check to see if what brands you are buying from test or not. Secondly stop supporting them and spread awareness on the topic and lastly sign this petition and send it to family and friends!