Who walks the walk, and talks the talk?
I realize this forum is for guinea pigs, but who takes the principle of animal welfare & cruelty and applies it to their entire life? What companies take it too far in their approach to treatment of animals that you just won't go there (and please go beyond Petsmart & Petco - I think we covered that already!). Will you not use certain cleaning products because of animal testing? Will you not feed certain dog food?
I have a friend, who is completely cruelty free, and she got me thinking of this after I asked her to send a me a list of the companies that do not test on animals (a while back our harddrive crashed so I lost all my links). She also sent me the PETA video from when they did the Iams/Menu Foods investigation several years. I had seen this video before, but it does remind me of my focus and that I need to try harder to be a better person because there is always room for improvement.
At our house we have changed over to making our own cleaners, like the tea tree oil cleaner I mentioned in another post. We are reducing our meat in our diet, but the meat we still eat comes from a local sustainable farm and it's hormone free grass fed. My make up is cruelty free from Urban Decay, and they even have some vegan items. We only feed dog food from Champion Pet Foods, because I no longer trust the other large manufacturers that they can maintain high quality food and that they are doing what they should be doing (PETA video).
I have a friend, who is completely cruelty free, and she got me thinking of this after I asked her to send a me a list of the companies that do not test on animals (a while back our harddrive crashed so I lost all my links). She also sent me the PETA video from when they did the Iams/Menu Foods investigation several years. I had seen this video before, but it does remind me of my focus and that I need to try harder to be a better person because there is always room for improvement.
At our house we have changed over to making our own cleaners, like the tea tree oil cleaner I mentioned in another post. We are reducing our meat in our diet, but the meat we still eat comes from a local sustainable farm and it's hormone free grass fed. My make up is cruelty free from Urban Decay, and they even have some vegan items. We only feed dog food from Champion Pet Foods, because I no longer trust the other large manufacturers that they can maintain high quality food and that they are doing what they should be doing (PETA video).