Not actually cruelty free
Their hand cream is not vegan and they have no plans to transition towards being cruelty free. I've changed from Lotil to Palmers for dry skin since going vegan.
They have since clarified that it contains lanolin, which is not cruelty free (you cannot be cruelty free by default, if not vegan. Regardless of what packaging says.) Lanolin is grease emitted from the glands of sheep, which is taken from the wool.
In order to obtain lanolin, sheep are exploited for their entire lives and then sent to slaughter as they are just an expendable asset to the lanolin and wool industries. Not to mention it's common for farmers to dock (mutilate) or cut off the tails in order to prevent flystrike. After a short life of misery, only existing for human exploitation, they are sent to slaughter only to end up on a plate.
Seems a bit excessive to cut a sheep's throat just for hand cream.
My original opinion was "Not cruelty free" and that opinion remains. Hopefully Lotil can move towards a fully vegan future (oranges are often used in place of lanolin) where no animals had to be harmed for us.
Edit: I've removed my three paragraph explanation of what happens in order to produce lanolin as people are able to watch something like Dominion [Timestamp 1:11:07] in order to learn if they're not familiar and aren't aware that it's incredibly cruel. Unless Lotil source their lanolin from Sheep Sanctuary in Whitby (where the animals are rescued from slaughter and not bred into life for slavery), They are still contributing to an industry that profits from exploitation, suffering, and death.
6 de diciembre de 2022
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