Animal Testing - Organization and celebrity support for alternatives

            In March of 2014, Cruelty Free International, a global organization working solely to end animal testing for cosmetics and consumer products, applauded the introduction of the Humane Cosmetics Act by U.S. Representative Jim Moran from the Department of Veterans' Affairs. This landmark legislation concentrates on the cruelty of animal testing for cosmetics and that modern non-animal tests are to be used instead to produce products safety. The Humane Cosmetics Act would “ban animal testing for cosmetics after a one-year phase” and then have a “three-year phase period for a ban on the sale of animal tested cosmetics.” The Humane Cosmetics Act provides a chance to ensure modern, humane alternative tests are at the “heart of ensuring U.S. consumers' safety.”

            Monica Engebretson, North American manager from Cruelty-Free International, wrote in the Huff Post Impact that the support of high-profile celebrities to raise awareness of this issue is essential to informing Americans about animal experimentation. “Sir Paul McCartney, Ricky Gervais, Norman Reedus, Peter Dinklage, Ashley Bell and Joss Stone” help bring up the issue of cosmetics testing on animals and pursue consumers and policy makers around the world to stop cruel animal tests for cosmetics.