In the last two years many companies producing these cosmetic products have declared that they are against animal testing, including LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, The Body Shop and many others. There are still companies that still test on animals; over 250 on the PETA website. A large percentage of these are well-known companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, Procter & Gamble, L'Oreal and others that may surprise the consumer. Most of these companies produce the same products using different animal test results. This causes the number of test subjects to be substantially larger than necessary. The number of tests conducted could be reduced if these companies became averse to animal testing or shared the results with other companies. This idea might seem risky since sharing information with competitors seems ridiculous. If you take a step back and look at each individual company, you will see that they are all conducting similar tests with similar products. Sharing the results of these tests with other companies potentially selling similar products, with the same ingredients, will result in a sharp decline in animal testing (Search for Cruelty-Free