Pamela Wants You ... to Be a Caring Consumer!

Want to help animals with every dollar you spend? Put your wallet to work for animals with PETA's 2005 Shopping Guide for Caring Consumers, which marks our 25th year of promoting cruelty-free living. Pamela Anderson has teamed up with PETA to make it easier than ever to support companies that reject cruel and unnecessary animal tests, as well as avoid clothing and accessories made from fur, leather, wool, silk, and down.

The shopping guide began in 1990 as a wallet-sized listing of a handful of cruelty-free companies. Today, that list has expanded to more than 500 companies, including The Body Shop, Avon, Revlon, Estée Lauder, Method Products, and Mary Kay. These companies have pledged 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 chemicals are dripped in 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
• More than $20 worth of money-saving coupons from more than a dozen cruelty-free companies
• The shopping guide is a perfect stocking stuffer for family and friends. Order your copy today from PETA for $8.95 by calling 1-800-483-4366 or by visiting PETACatalog.org. It is also available in bookstores and health-food stores.

Learn more about living cruelty-free at CaringConsumer.com.

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