My name is Margo, I'm 14 and have always been an animal lover. For one of my birthdays I even asked for animal shelter gifts, so that I could take anything I got and donate it to important shelters that need our help. While I am only a teenager, and it might not seem like a have a big voice, I know that animals need help.

Animal testing is defined as "the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study." 

Animal testing comes in many forms and is extremely cruel. The most common animals tested on are 

• Dogs (specifically smaller breeds like beagles)
• Rabbits
• Bunnies
• Cats
• Mice
• Rats

In an article, testers were asked why they chose to use bunnies and rabbits, the response was- "they are relatively inexpensive to purchase and maintain and they reproduce quickly. Additionally rabbits are generally considered easy to handle and have a low stress response to procedures making them ideal candidates for testing." 

Animals are forced to endure pain and horrible conditions. Testing includes being fed poisonous toxins, injections, and tubes shoved down their throats.

To learn more about what animal testing is, and to find out what else you can do, go to this site. https://www.hsi.org/issues/animal-testing/

Many brands still use animals to test products, such as: 

1 Arm Hammer
2 Armani
3 Aussie
4 Aveeno
5 Avon
6 Axe
7 Benefit 
8 Bioderma
9 Blistex
10 Bobbi Brown
11 Burberry
12 Calvin Klein
13 Clairol
14 Chanel
15 Clean Clear
16 Clearasil
17 Coppertone
18 Dior
19 Dolce Gabbana
20 Elixir
21 Estee Lauder
22 Fendi
23 Gillette
24 GlamGlow
25 Got2Be
26 Guerlain
27 Herbal Essences
28 Head Shoulders
29 Ivory  
30 Jo Malone
31 Johnson Johnson
32 LOreal
33 MAC Cosmetics
34 Mary Kay
35 Max Factor
36 Maybelline
37 Nair
38 Neutrogena
39 Olay
40 Old Spice
41 OPI
42 Procter Gamble
43 Redken
44 Revlon
45 Rimmel London
46 Sephora Brand 
47 Suave
48 Tresemm
49 Venus
50 Victorias Secret