Lush cosmetics saying horse owners cruel

R2R

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Lush can donate their money wherever they like, as far as I am concerned. Whilst I think it is disgusting they are donating thousands to the HSA (IT ACTUALLY SICKENS ME) I know that many companies donate £££ to causes that I would not agree with, its a fact of corporate life.

I take the following quotes from a leaflet I received from Lush themselves....

What I am sickened to read is the propaganda surrounding their decision to donate to the HSA - namely

"....Wealthy, land-owning families for centuries, they have decided to ignore the law and go ahead with their barbaric ritual...."

Which is opinion, untrue in most cases (most hunts do hunt within the law), and this is also wrong, many people follow hunts from all walk of life

but mostly

"Fox hunting is cruel to foxes, horses and hounds..."

Which really gets my back up, as

1. The Burns enquiry into hunting with hounds found "HUNTING TO BE NO MORE OR LESS CRUEL THAN ANY OTHER METHOD OF FOX DISPATCH (and it is a government requirement to control the fox population, ironically)

2. How DARE they imply horse owners who choose to hunt are cruel to their horses

3. See above re: Hounds.

Whatever your opinion on the fox hunting argument, be pro or against, surely anyone can see a multi million pound company throwing ignorant opinions around is dangerous, stupid, hysterical and downright detrimental to the entire horse owning community of this country - be they pro or anti hunters.

You can complain to Lush here

COPIED From www.lush.co.uk

Phone: 01202 667 830
Our Customer Care team would love to hear any general feedback, store comments or specific product enquiries. Vicky and Kelly are available to take your call from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. If you email or write to us, we aim to reply as soon as possible.

Address: Lush Customer Care
18-20 Market Street
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1NF
E-mail Address: customerservice@lush.co.uk
 

stencilface

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Companies do seem to be making mistakes when it comes to horses at the moment, the Fat FAce campaign was stopped this week wasn't it due to some guy pulling on a horses mouth.

I am not pro hunting per se, but if the hunting fraternity are cruel to their horses and hounds, what is their opinion on genuine cruelty??? :confused:
 

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I haven't been on here for a while but I had a look this morning and I'm so glad I did! I too emailed Lush today and got the standard reply. I have spent the last half an hour on the HSA website (doing my homework for the next email I send Lush) and I just cannot understand why any company could support such a cause. At least they will be getting a lot of earache from the complaints department today!
I was also pretty furious with the response I got from Lush. If my company sent out a statement which ended in "as such we are unable to enter into further correspondance regarding indiviual experiences or news items" I would be deluged in complaints! I will certainly be responding to what amounts to a big fat get lost from Lush. You would think that in these uncertain times they would be doing their best to hold onto customers - they sure have lost me!
I am going to write a carefully worded reply (with OHs help!) and I will let you know how I get on!
 

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What a load of b******s! They blatantly have a sab as the MD or something. They need bombarding with emails.
 

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I have posted in NL, I have asked Lush to join HHO and discuss it on here. Won't hold my breath!
 
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