Cruelty-free - Definition and Overview

Cruelty-free is a movement which seeks to avoid all products of cruelty.

Beginnings of the movement

The cruelty-free movement has developed from veganism into a philosophy of life which aims to avoid all the products of cruelty to humans or animals.

Products Avoided

Products avoided include those which contain part of a dead animal, those which contain materials obtained from an animal by means of cruelty (such as keeping the animal in a confined space or separating mother from child etc.). Also avoided are the products of child slavery and sweatshop labour.

See also

• Ethical consumerism
• Veganism
• Ahimsa
• Human rights
• Animal welfare
• Animal rights
• Pacifism
• Buddhism
• Jainism
• NSPCC
• Green movement

External links

• Vegfam (http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/vegfam/)
• World Development Movement (http://www.wdm.org.uk/)
• American Humane Society (http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer)
• Animal Aid (http://www.animalaid.org.uk/)
• Unicorn-Butterfly (http://www.unicornbutterfly.org/index.htm)
• Ethical Consumer boycotts list (http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/boycotts/boycottsarchive.htm)