PETA 2007 Shopping Guide for Caring Consumers Each year, millions of animals are subjected to cruel product tests that are not required by law. You can help save animals' lives by buying personal care and household products only from companies that refuse to test on animals. PETA has made it easy with this handy guide listing more than 500 companies that have signed a statement of assurance that they will never test their products on animals. Also included is a list of charities that do not fund any animal studies, as well as a list of pet-food companies that do not conduct feeding trials on dogs and cats confined to laboratory cages. Free money-saving coupons located in the back make it even easier to put your money where your heart is. 180 pages, paperback. Item Number: BK2007 Price: $8.95 To order: http://www.petacatalog.org/prodinfo.asp?number=BK2007 or call 800-483-4366.

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Description of 2006 guide:

Whether you’re shopping at a gift shop, supermarket, or online, this guide will help you ensure that all your purchases are cruelty-free. Having started out as a wallet-sized pamphlet listing a handful of cruelty-free companies 15 years ago, this guide has grown to list more than 500 companies, including The Body Shop, Revlon, Method, and Mary Kay. All the companies that you’ll find in the guide have committed, in writing, never to test any ingredients or finished products on animals.

So that consumers can know which companies to avoid, the shopping guide also lists companies that continue to subject animals to painful tests in which substances are dripped into their eyes, smeared on their abraded skin, sprayed in their faces, or forced down their throats. These tests are not required by law, and as hundreds of other companies already know, a variety of faster, cheaper, more accurate, and more humane alternatives are available. By writing to companies and letting them know how they feel about animal tests, consumers can help convince them to commit to a permanent ban.

The guide also includes all this:

• Companion-animal food manufacturers that don’t conduct nutrition tests on animals in laboratories
• Companies that sell animal-friendly, nonleather shoes, clothing, and accessories
• Catalogs and Web sites that offer cruelty-free products
• Health charities that do not fund animal experiments
• Companies that sell vegan products exclusively
• Animal ingredients and their alternatives
• Money-saving coupons from more than a dozen cruelty-free companies