Paraben free

This morning I was thinking so intensely about testing on animals and what that would entail that I used body soap as shampoo. I don't know how I did it really, I already had shampoo in my hair. I don't understand what paraben free means and I can't help but think that animals enjoy being sudsed up. Luckily, I'm told, my body soap is officially paraben free, biodegradable, packaged in 100% recyclable packaging AND not tested on animals. I bought it for 2 reasons: I'm a sucker for packaging and I like the smell of grapefruit. Also, they give an annual donation of $100,000 to The World Wildlife Fund. Hopefully they are using the money wisely. Perhaps they are giving the animals who missed out on this product a bath.