Major cosmetics brands Mary Kay, Avon, and Urban Decay have long been known for their cruelty-free product testing policies. Recently, these companies and similar brands have begun to sell their products in China, where animal testing is required by law. While U.S. customers may switch to brands that remain 100% cruelty free, Chinese customers don't have alternatives. Additionally, U.S. brands that stand by a strict no animal testing policy will miss out on selling to the large Chinese market.
Cosmetics are luxury beauty aids not required for health or hygiene. There is no justification for performing painful experiments on animals to test these unnecessary products. The decades-long existence of cruelty-free beauty companies in the U.S. should prove the success and safety of non-animal testing.
China has recently been working to approve the first non-animal cosmetics tests in their country. Please encourage China to keep working toward cruelty-free tests and to end mandatory animal cosmetics testing.
To: Chinese Officials
We, the undersigned, are concerned with China's mandatory animal testing policies for cosmetics.
Major cosmetics companies Mary Kay, Avon, and Urban Decay have long been known for their cruelty-free product testing policies in the U.S. Recently, these companies and similar brands have begun to sell their products in China, where animal testing is required by law. While U.S. customers may switch to brands that remain 100% cruelty free, Chinese customers don't have alternatives. Additionally, U.S. brands that stand by a strict no animal testing policy will miss out on selling to the large Chinese market.
Cosmetics are luxury beauty aids not required for health or hygiene. There is no justification for performing cruel, painful experiments on animals to test these unnecessary products. Furthermore, the decades-long existence of cruelty-free beauty companies in the U.S. should prove the success and safety of non-animal testing.
We are aware that China has recently been working to approve the first non-animal cosmetics tests in the country, and encourage you to continue moving in this direction. Please continue to seek cruelty-free testing options and put an end to mandatory cosmetics testing in China. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider our petition.
