Oh my goodness, everybody! Crest has finally reached out to me with their response! Here was what they said in the email (or read the screenshot in the update):

“Thank you for reaching out to our CEO David Taylor. Crest and P&G firmly believes that ending animal research is the right thing to do. P&G has been working for more than 40 years and invested more than $460 million globally in developing alternatives to non-animal testing.

We are working closely with the Humane Society and other NGOs such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal) to end animal testing. Today, we complete more than 99% of all safety evaluations without testing on animals. The remaining tiny percentage comes from studies required by law or in cases where there are no alternatives available.

We appreciate your passion to this cause and support changes in laws and regulations around the world to reduce and eliminate unnecessary animal testing.  For additional information please visit

https://us.pg.com/cruelty-free/contributions-timeline/ and https://us.pg.com/blogs/pg-helps-save-ralph/

So they support cruelty-free… but they still do it if it is required by law in other places. Do you have any ideas? I do. Why not stop selling them in those countries? I mean, you’d make a really good profit just selling it in the United States. Crest is a very popular brand!