As.com Save Ralph: how to know which brands do not test their products with animals?

In recent days, the video "Save Ralph" has gone viral, in which a rabbit who works in the testing of cosmetic products can be seen. The short film, released by the Humane Society International, seeks to raise awareness about these processes classified as "animal cruelty."

The campaign has generated a great impact in the digital world, since in addition to achieving more than 400,000 visits on YouTube, many Internet users have shared the video that lasts just over 3 minutes on their different social networks.

Humane Society International President Jeffrey Flocken said, “Save Ralph is a wake-up call that animals are still suffering from cosmetics, and now is the time to unite to ban them globally. Today we have a host of trusted, animal-free approaches to ensuring product safety, so there's no excuse for making animals like Ralph suffer when testing cosmetics or their ingredients."

How to know which brands do not test their products with animals?

Through various methods, people will be able to learn details of the manufacturing process of various products and realize whether or not they use animals. On the one hand, there are several organizations that provide the Cruelty Free seal, which is granted only to products that prove that they do not use animals in their manufacturing processes.

According to the Foresta Eco Guía Instagram account, this seal is issued by Leaping Bunny, Not Tested on Animals, Cruelty Free Peta and Te Protejo, and it is not mandatory for a product to go on the market, however, products that they usually carry it stamped on their packaging. Likewise, people can consult pages such as Cruelty Free Kitty or Cruelty Free Peta, where they can obtain information on those brands that still test with animals in their production processes and those that do not carry out this practice.

There are also some mobile applications that allow you to scan the barcode of the products and determine whether or not it was tested on animals. Some of them are Happy bunny, Cruelty cutter, Think dirty and Bunny free. Finally, according to the portal of the NGO Te Protejo, among the brands marketed in Colombia that are Cruelty Free, there are some recognized ones such as Dove, Herbal Essences, Natura, O Boticario, Sedal and Yuya.