Good news for the animal world. The cosmetic companies are going to have to ban testing on animals (The Argus, November 8) but can anyone tell me why it is going to take six years to do it?

That is a farce. Millions more will be tortured, having shampoo squirted in their eyes and worse.

There are plenty of cruelty-free products on the shelves if people could be bothered to look for them.

I have been using them for years and so do my friends and family.

-L M Carr, Hangleton Road, Hove