The Chinese horoscope contains many animals.  I was born during the Year of the Monkey.  So, of course, monkeys are my favority animal.
So  how about animal testing?
I don't know much about animal testing except on cosmetics one often sees statements that the products were not tested on animals.  Is animal testing a problem in the U.S.?
Animal rights activists oppose testing on animals
That's a bit simplistic, isn't it?  Animal testing must yield some benefits or it wouldn't be done.
Experiments on vertebrate animals in the European Union are since January 1, 2013. subject to "Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes", which was finalized in November 2010 and updated and replaced the "Directive 86/609/EEC on the protection of Animals used for Experimental and other scientific purposes", adopted in 1986
That's nice, but not conclusive that there aren't benefits to animal testing.  Are you in the E.U.? I'm sure those regulations are different from the U.S.
Alternatives to animal testing
Alternatives to animal testing are the development and implementation of test methods that avoid the use of live animals.
There is widespread agreement that a reduction in the number of animals used and the refinement of testing to reduce suffering should be important goals for the industries involved. Two major alternatives to "in vivo" animal testing are "in vitro" cell culture techniques and "in silico" computer simulation. However, some claim they are not true alternatives because simulations use data from prior animal experiments and
rights and argues that the results of animal testing are often unreliable and can not being applied to humans. BWC focuses on vegan and "natural" products that can't chemically harm humans and do not need to be tested on animals.
BWC has worked to support the Humane Cosmetics Act on its mission to end cosmetic animal testing in the United States.
History.
After being founded officially in England (1963) by BWC Charitable Trust, BWC began work on its cosmetics line. BWC's goal was to create