Lush bubble bath to support hunt saboteur campaign

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The cosmetics company Lush is launching a bubble bath it hopes will raise tens of thousands of pounds for anti-blood sports activists who sabotage fox hunts.

The Hunt Saboteurs Association will be the latest beneficiary of proceeds from Lush, the ethical producer of handmade soaps which has gained a reputation for backing radical protest groups.

The citronella and peppermint bubble bath, called The Fabulous Mr Fox, will arrive on the shelves in the coming weeks and will be on sale until Boxing Day, a traditional day for fox hunts. The company hopes the product will raise £50,000 for the activists, and said they money will be used to fund vehicles and video equipment.

Mark Constantine, the 59-year-old co-founder of Lush, which is based in Poole, Dorset, has previously donated large portions of his profits to human rights groups, animal welfare organisations and environmental protesters such as Plane Stupid, who promote non-violent civil disobedience to opposed airport expansion.

Proceeds from the Lush cosmetics empire, which is thought to be worth around £150m, have also been used to fund campaigns to support Sumatran orangutans and oppose the widening of the M1 motorway. Sea Shepherd, a guerilla conservation group that operates vessels to scupper rival ships it finds whaling in the middle of the ocean, has received £22,000 from the sale of Lush products.

Lush, founded by Constantine in 1995, has become a multinational company, with branches in north America, Japan and Australia.

The company claims to give around 2% of profits to charity and is keen to promote itself as an ethical brand. Constantine said funding activists groups was "central to what we do".

Link to the above article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/03/lush-supports-hunt-saboteurs

I wont be buying from them again
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There's a post about this in the Hunting Forum too. Very ignorant of Lush in my opinion. By all means, donate to an animal protection charity if that's what they want - but to directly fund hunt sabs...what are they thinking???
 
foolish move on their part...i am very pro hunting and one fo my friends is very anti however lush will lose both our business (and we spend so much we could practically take out shares in the company!!) as she feels the hunt sabs only take away any credibility that the anti hunting argument has. wonder will they keep it up if there is bad sab press this season...
 
Dear me.... surely he can support who he likes?? You may not agree with his ethics but we are all entitled to our own opinions.

I, for one, will still continue to buy Lush products because I LIKE them!

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Lush obviously have a very outdated marketing team. Havnt they realised that fox hunting doesnt happen anymore, they follow a trail!

Whats the point in contributing money to people to run round the countryside stopping riders from following a bunch of old socks tied to a rope? Unless socks need protecting
 
Ditto, to all that. He can spend his money how he likes and whatever you think of his choices its nice to see someone put money behind those choices.


Teddy t - that is obviously tongue in cheek
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Are they going to label the product clearly with where the proceeds are going to? Surely, if they do, they will lose customers who do not wish to support this organisation, and if they dont, they will have some unhappy customers who will then boycott them when they do find out!
 
I have given their stuff as presents in the past and I wouldn't even say I was a huge supporter of hunting, but I am a supporter of freedom, so they won't be getting my money again..
I suppose they think the people who buy their products aren't hunting types.. big mistake...
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But surely he has the freedom to support who he likes? I'm guessing he's a bit naive about it all but like I said before it's his choice (like it's your's to boycott). I don't think his company will suffer that much though. Just used a bath bomb myself
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And yes I'm anti but have never harrassed anyone over their choice to hunt. I just choose not to hunt for my own personal reasons. What other people do is up to them
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ETS I hope that makes sense but 3 G&Ts might have confuddled my thoughts...
 
Their packaging I'm sure will be clear about where the money is going.

I've used Lush stuff for over 10 years as the skincare is brillant. I don't agree with this campaign at all, but will continue to buy the same stuff I always have. They are only putting money made from this one product into the campaign so I simply won't buy it. Besides, Citronella in bubble bath??? I do like most of their stuff but some of it smells rank and I expect this product will as well!!

I have agreed with many of their campaigns but have also disagreed with some as well. I'm sure if we knew everything that went on behind the scenes we'd hardly buy anything.
 
I wrote them an email last night telling them that I would be boycotting their products from now on, and got this reply this morning:

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Dear *****,

Thank you for your recent email. I would like to take this opportunity to explain why we are supporting the Hunt Saboteurs Association, who will directly receive the proceeds from our Fabulous Mrs Fox bubble bar up until and including Boxing Day.

In February 2005, hunting with hounds was made illegal in England and Wales (Scotland having done so a number of years previously). Sadly, despite being supported by more than 80% of the population and after more than 5 years of this ban being in place, hunts right across the country continue to illegally cause untold suffering to animals in the name of sport.

When we first met The Hunt Saboteurs Association, we were very touched when they told us that when the legislation had been passed they had felt huge relief that they would finally be able to retire from the field now that the law would now be protecting our wildlife, but that the sad reality was that they had seen hunts continue in much the same numbers because police forces seemed reluctant to attend and enforce the ban. So they have had to continue to go out week after week, collecting evidence and filming the hunts. They tell us that as long as the Law is not enforced through the courts, they will be out on the fields of Britain, monitoring the hunts and using tried and tested non-violent tactics to get between the fox and the hounds whenever they can. They don't want to be there, but they can see that nobody else is doing the job.

We feel that it is disgraceful that the Hunt Saboteurs Association, a volunteer organisation, are the only people trying to enforce a ban that was passed into Law not just by a majority in Parliament, but with overwhelming support from the majority of the British public. We also believe that this majority think that hunting has ceased now that it is against the law. Sadly this is not the case and we believe the public should have the right to know.

Lush is proud to be associated with the Hunt Saboteurs Association who show the tenacity and bravery to uphold a law that our own police force and government seem reluctant to enforce, despite strong and continued support for the ban from the British public.

We welcome and value feedback from all our customers, so thank you for getting in touch with us. I will be sure to pass your comments on to our Campaigns team for future consideration. Please be aware that this is a statement from Lush and we are unable to enter into further correspondence regarding individual experiences or news items.

Kind regards,

Vicky Jansson
Lush Customer Care
Lush Retail Ltd
T: 01202 667830
E: customerservice@lush.co.uk

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They tell us that as long as the Law is not enforced through the courts, they will be out on the fields of Britain, monitoring the hunts and using tried and tested non-violent tactics to get between the fox and the hounds whenever they can. They don't want to be there, but they can see that nobody else is doing the job.



Lush is proud to be associated with the Hunt Saboteurs Association who show the tenacity and bravery to uphold a law

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Tried and tested non-violent tactics? What? Like pulling a ten year old child (me, once upon a time) onto a busy road by the ponys reins?

Tenacity? You can say that again.
Bravery? No, i would say that in unprovoked incidents i have witnessed the sabs havnt been brave. More like obssessed with causing trouble at all costs, including putting themselves and others at risk. Stupid and dangerous, but not brave.
 
Any one know the difference between supermarket own brand shampoo, bubble bath etc and the branded ones ??
no me neither!!! apart from the price and bulshit marketing
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...oh well fools and their money
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Actually, there is a massive difference between lush products and supermarket/most branded ones. For example, here's the ingredients in their skin cleanser I use. No-one makes products like this at the same sort of price. I buy it because it works, doesn't irritate my skin and isn't tested on animals. Sure I don't agree with the campaign...so I won't buy that particular product. At least this is one company giving you a choice. Agree and buy the particular product. Don't agree - don't buy that product. I bet loads of people getting angry about it but products from big companies who in some shape or form do something you wouldn't agree with. I bet most people here shop in supermarkets who still sell meat raised in appalling conditions!! Same thing. If you avoided every company you disagreed with anything they did - you wouldn't buy much.

Ground Almond (Prunus dulcis), Glycerine, Kaolin, Water (Aqua), Lavender Oil (Lavandula augustifolia), Rose Absolute (Rosa damascena), Chamomile Oil (Anthemis nobilis), Tagetes Oil (Tagetes minuta), Benzoin Resinoid (Styrax benzoin), Lavender Flowers (Lavandula augustifolia), *Limonene, *Linalool
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Sure I don't agree with the campaign...so I won't buy that particular product. At least this is one company giving you a choice. Agree and buy the particular product. Don't agree - don't buy that product. I bet loads of people getting angry about it but products from big companies who in some shape or form do something you wouldn't agree with. I bet most people here shop in supermarkets who still sell meat raised in appalling conditions!! Same thing. If you avoided every company you disagreed with anything they did - you wouldn't buy much.

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Well said. All this nonsense about never buying Lush products again is simply childlike!
 
i totally agree with lush campain i love all the wildlife. and i know for a fact they dont go out with socks they go out hunting for foxes.i give lush my full support in every thing they do and i willl buy the new bubble bar go lushhhhh. x
 
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Well said. All this nonsense about never buying Lush products again is simply childlike!

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No,it's not.
Boots wont be giving proceeds to the HSA,so I will vote with my wallet
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I certanly do not agree with all the supermarket practisis,but have no choice but to use them for certain products- the things Lush sell can be found(or rather,their many alternatives) IN 1001 shops.
Given how the world is today,it is nearly impossable to avoid the supermarkets and other big shops,but if you feel strongly about an issue you cant just do nothing.....boycotting Lush products is a good way to make the point.

Not buying the products from Lush WILL mean a dip in sales for them,writing to them shows their custormer service/relations department that some of their customer base is not happy about the choice.
Might not mean anything to them,might not make them change anything,but it's a start.

And hello to the "new" users.
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I am very torn on this. As someone who is vehemently against foxhunting, I am at the same time disgusted by the tactics used by some 'antis' and want to shout loud and clear that it is not in my name!

I think that Lush is very well intentioned, but possibly has not done the research it should have into the HSA. How anyone can claim to fight for the rights of the fox, but be happy to harm horse and hound who are just as innocent is beyond me.
 
I am from Poole, where the company is based, and am very tempted to go into the shop and see if i can get some sense out of their crazy decision to support people who are generally out to harm horses, hounds and children!
The sabs don't care about hunting they are thugs who are just out to vent their misplaced anger!

By all means if Lush want to support anti-hunting campaigns, then let them, but let them support ones that won't put trip wires out for the horses and cause injury to children!
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I have only recently found out about this and I am really disappointed. People don't all have to agree but to express their position on hunting by supporting an association such as the Hunt Sabs is very misplaced and the surely haven't done their research. Having been at the receiving end on a number of occasions of the Sabs attempts at protecting the fox including being pulled from my horse aged 12, witnessing a friends horse having it's front leg broken when a gate was slammed on it by sabs and being in the field on that fateful day when a hound had acid thrown at it, I cannot bring myself to shop in Lush until they openly stop their support of this association which attracts some of the worst members of society to its' cause.
 
If you love British Wildlife so much, why support an organisation that actively protects the Mink. A non-native species, that since its emergance on the British Wildlife scene following their release from fur farms by animal rights activists, has decimated our native wildlife in many areas including vunerable species such as the Water Vole and has impacted on the Otters return to many of our British Water ways. Support protection of British Wildlife, but please spend you money on more deserving associations.
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I would not purchase the soap which supports the anti's. Boycotting Lush? well I am just not quite so keen on purchasing for them after reading their email - I thought it was a pretty poor response to be honest. I do put some thought into what and where I purchase from and actually, the way that Lush has handled this has made me really think twice about shopping there. I also deeply resent the critisims implied in the response as well as the smart alec response of "and we are not responding to anything else" AND ... so much for bothering to get a balanced view! Yes I support hunting.... and actually... it was the revolting behaviour of sabs I had the misfortune to come across while hacking (who thought I was part of the hunt) that actually made me get of the fence, look at this issue and then make a decision.
 
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