CeeTox — one of the non-animal-testing companies I mentioned the other day — won a “Proggy” from PETA for advancing non-animal-testing. Proggy awards are given to innovative companies that have made some animal-friendly achievements in the last year. Yay for a little non-animal-testing recognition, eh?
Tags : against animal testing, alternatives to animal testing, ceetox, peta, proggy
I recently received a comment (Hi Pawan!) asking if Dove is animal-testing-free. I asked a few of my friends, and they all said they thought Dove was a highly ethical company and probably was cruelty-free. Dove must have some really good PR, that’s all I can figure (I do like their Campaign for Real Beauty — that seems nice), because Dove is owned by Unilever, which is on PETA’s bad list. PETA is targeting Unilever, hoping to convince it to go cruelty-free the way Pepsi and Coca-cola have — right now Unilever is torturing piglets and mice. Do not buy products from Dove if you think piglets and mice should live pain-free lives.
(Unilever also owns Axe, Degree, Finesse, Lever 2000, Pears Transparent Soap, Pond’s, Q-Tips, Salon Selectives, Snuggle, Suave, Sunlight, Sunsilk, Sure, Vaseline, and Wisk. If you care about animal suffering, please don’t buy those either — cut Unilever off until it stops torturing piglets.)
Tags : cruelty free, dove, peta, unilever
My name is Emily. This blog chronicles my spending a year (and counting!) of buying only Leaping Bunny approved products (I have a list there -- it's called 100%-cruelty-free companies -- go look!) That's right -- I don't buy just any product that says "no animal testing" on the back -- I think those products may have raw ingredients that were tested on animals. I don't buy PETA-approved products either, because I have the same fears about those products. I also write about supporting humane farming, my life in the San Francisco bay area, and my dog, who I cook food for.
