Ask Ellen Degeneres to Stop Endorsing Products Tested on Animals
By Julie RossTarget: Ellen Degeneres
Goal: Stop endorsing Cover Girl until they stop testing on animals
Ellen Degeneres is one of America’s favorite talk show hosts. Since going vegan a few years ago, she has drawn broad attention to the vegan lifestyle. But despite the fact that she has decided not to eat animal products, she continues to endorse Cover Girl, a company that tests its products on animals and uses animal byproducts in its cosmetics. Celebrities are constantly pushing products that are made in sweatshops, tested on animals, or exploit people or the environment. It’s time for those who seem socially responsible, like Ellen, to take a stand against these practices. Join in signing this petition and make your voice heard.
Animal testing is an outdated and unnecessary form of cruelty. Technological advances have made it possible for scientists to test products on virtual and artificial human “skin” and “eyes” that imitate the body’s properties. This means that it is no longer necessary to drop chemicals in animals’ eyes and pump chemicals into their stomachs to make sure products are safe.
In addition to testing on animals, cosmetic companies like Cover Girl also use animal byproducts in their cosmetics. Animal fats are used as binders that make skin soft and smooth and also make the product last longer on the skin. Wouldn’t anyone who refuses to eat animal products find it undesirable to put animal products on their bodies?
By signing this petition, you are asking Ellen to take a stand against animal abuse by discontinuing her endorsement of Cover Girl products.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Ellen,
As one of America’s favorite talk show hosts, you are in a position to raise widespread awareness about animal cruelty. Your promotion of a vegan lifestyle has more than likely caused many people to at least consider the idea of going vegan, if not completely persuading them to make that change. However, your endorsement of Cover Girl products is in conflict with many of the ideas veganism stands for.
Technology now exists that allows scientists to test products on artificial human “skin” and “eyes” that mimic the body’s properties. Therefore, the need to test on animals has been reduced if not eliminated. As one of the top-selling cosmetic companies in the world, Cover Girl has the budget to test its products without the use of animals. In addition to testing on animals, Cover Girl also uses animal ingredients in its products. If you won’t put animal products in your body, you shouldn’t put them on your body either.
We urge you to use your mass audience appeal to raise awareness about animal cruelty by discontinuing your endorsement of Cover Girl products.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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Anyone who really knows the horrors of animal testing would never endorse these products, especially such a benign personality as Ellen Degeneres. Most celebrities are extremely outspoken for animal rights. Please don’t let money trump humane this issue and don’t let one more animal have to submit to these atrocities!!!
Celebrities are America’s version of royalty. They have so many opportunities to set positive examples and more often than not, they choose to do the opposite. Ellen has such wide audience appeal and she’s well respected in the animal welfare community. Hopefully we can convince her to do what’s right and discontinue her endorsement of Cover Girl products.
These people come before the public so much that they have the ability to do a lot of good if they want to Is this woman so ignorant that she doesnt know what animal testing is Time someone told her what she is endorsing
Its cruel and should not be happening in this day and age I hope she takes note
She gets a ton of money from this company, unfortunately, I doubt she gives a flick about what they do to these poor animals
This company pays for her endorsement – her “benign personality” is fake. You think she simply didn’t know they test on animals? How difficult is it to check? Her animal rights stance is as fake as she is.
You are right on the minute. She’s as fake as her vegan lifestyle. A responsible vegan would check the company she’s endorsing before being involved with them.
Spot on. I thought she was the real deal re animal welfare. How wrong I was.
please stop and end animal testing. It is cruelty and not fair, Using other ways for testing , please give them more chance to alive.
Ellen changed her lifestyle but is still publicity-crazy. I don’t know if she’s paid for her endorsement to Cover Girl but I think it is disgraceful in either way.
I don’t see how she functions in public being such a phoney. It will eventually catch up to her but in the meantime those animals are still suffering so we need to move past Ellen who is apparently a brick wall that we have to go around.
You petition is sort of pointless because Cover Girl doesn’t test on animals anymore. It stopped doing that long before Ellen signed the contract. Ellen checked it before. It would be so much cooler if people would actually get their facts before starting with accusations.
Really? That’s awesome if it’s true! But after extensive fact-checking, all that came up was that Cover Girl does in fact still test on animals. Also, Cover Girl is owned by Proctor & Gamble who definitely still performs animal testing. A true animals rights activist should want nothing to do with that company.
I read an interview with Ellen where she said she checked with PETA before signing the contract. Where did you find the information that CoverGirl still test on animals? Last I heard was Proctor and Gamble has 10% of animal testing, but it involves other products, not CoverGirl.
I bet Ellen does more for animals in a week than most of us will be able to do in our lifetime, so this is a missed target.
http://www.thevegetariansite.com/ethics_test.htm
I respectfully disagree with you about Ellen being a missed target. For better or worse, celebrities have power and influence. By targeting celebrities who endorse products that are socially or environmentally cruel, we’re showing them that we’re watching what they do and hopefully making others (like ones who endorse L’Oreal…Beyonce, take note) more aware that if they endorse products that are not cruelty-free, the public may hold them accountable. Ellen was an obvious first choice because her promotion of veganism conflicts with her endorsement of products made by a company that does test on animals. Even if it’s only 10% of its products, that’s 10% too much. But I’ve found other articles stating that P & G is one of the worst offenders for animal testing (http://www.naturalnews.com/035365_Procter_and_Gamble_animal_testing_cruelty.html). If they’ve cleaned up their act, it’s probably because people like the ones who’ve signed this petition have taken notice and forced them to. These petitions are a wake-up call not just for the people or businesses being targeted, but for others as well to make sure they’re practicing business responsibly because eventually, they’ll be called out.
Some people are inordinately naive, especially when it involves celebrities. Keep in mind that they are just people, no different to you or me.
Except that some people, many people, watch and mimic what celebrities do. That, in fact, makes them very different than you or me. I also don’t get paid huge sums of money to have my face attached to a brand. If I did, I would make sure it’s a brand that I want people supporting.
Ellen has been very responsible in civil rights issues, and the battle to win the White House for President Obama. I was raised around cousins older than Ellen, but the name “Cover Girl” was everywhere in the ’60′s. Ellen, I urge you yo forget nostalgia, and join in shutting “Cover Girl” down until they update their practices past the late ’60′s. I am in the medical profession and even medicine is moving away from animal testing except in extreme pandemic testing. Some cancer studies use rats, but these are cases of cures, or you will never receive the drug by cellular testing.
Cover Girl was not “everywhere” in the ’60′s. It wasn’t around until the very tail end of the ’60′s when it was released by the Noxell corporation (Noxema) and was fronted by Sybil Shepherd, followed soon afterwards by Cheryl Tiegs. The top cosmetic brands in the ’60′s were Mary Quant and Yardleys “The London Look”. The top models of that period were Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton. I agree with you that Ellen should use her fame and fortune to help put an end to all forms of animal cruelty and exploitation, but it’s not going to happen. Her supposed veganism, civil rights issues and love for animals are ploys to draw people in and make them sympathetic toward her. Did you know that at about the same time that she signed with Cover Girl she adopted a puppy from a shelter where she signed a contract promising to keep him for at least a year? Within a week she had given her “beloved” puppy away and the shelter was so annoyed that they tracked the puppy down and retrieved it. She, of course, used the incident as an excuse to cry publicly and thus garner more sympathy. I used to love her sitcom. Now, I can’t stand looking at her.
please stop endorencing cover girl products,they do animal testing
Dogs cats rabbits primates mice rats infact every animal is used for cosmetic testing. L’oreal is one of the biggest culprates.
Did you know that The Body Shop is owned by L’oreal? They don’t test but the money you give them goes to L’oreal for more animal testing.
Ellen is a fricken hypocrite.
Isn’t she under a contract though? Can she break the contract? I mean I am not making excuse for her. But lets not forget that this country is run and controlled by the government.
she is also my fav,but as i have said before i can not understand why she promotes animal tested products as well as inviting celebrities who dont give a shit abt animals,wearing furs,leathers etc…maybe she too does it for the money…
The fact that animal research is not (yet) illegal, nevertheless does not make it morally correct. These poor animals are the victims of researchers who are unwilling to consider alternative, and more productive, methods to determine valid results. While the primates have no voice and no power to protect themselves, they nevertheless have the same feelings of pain and fear that we humans have. Please stop these ungodly experiments.
I wonder if any of the people posting here can say about themselves that they never use cosmetics (including all the shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, body lotions and so on) that have been tested on animals.
I like the petition, but people should be more selfcritical.
@evelynrees I always read labels when shopping and no I dont buy anything tested on animals, especially those made by P&G. I have boycotted Procter and Gamble for years!!
I was having a huge argument with my friend, if Ellen knew. Anyway she was defending Ellen, saying blah blah blah she doesn’t know blah blah blah. False, Ellen knows perfectly well. Boycotting her.
It is disappointing that someone I used to find so amusing is actually such a hypocrite.
Be very careful when researching (Google-ing) ‘cruelty-free’ products and/or companies. Many retailers and animal groups promote their own ‘cruelty-free’ schemes. However, the companies approved by them have often done no more than issue a convincing—and sometimes misleading—policy statement on animal testing.
The Leaping Bunny certification is unrivaled, as it requires each company to open its processes to independent audit throughout its supply chain, to ensure that it adheres to its animal testing policy and the Standards’ strict criteria.
An example of Leaping Bunny’s stringency: until recently AVON has been included on numerous ‘cruelty-free’ lists for years. However, Leaping Bunny has NEVER certified AVON, due in part to the company’s sales in China – which require all products sold to be tested upon animals.
http://leapingbunny.org/ – USA and Canada
http://gocrueltyfree.org/ – International
Remember, not all certified companies display the Leaping Bunny, and companies are frequently added and sometimes removed. Check the list frequently for updates. And if you have a smart phone there are free apps for both Android and iPhone for leapingbunny.org:
http://bit.ly/RlzHj6 (Android)
http://www.itunes.com/apps/cruelty-free (iPhone)
I too am sorely disappointed with the fact that Ellen Degeneres is sponsoring a company that does animal testing. It’s not like she needs the money, or if she feels she does,at least she should endorse a company that does not do animal testing. I watched the movie ,Earthlings, because she spoke so passionately about her concern about not wanting to be a part of any animal cruelty. To me this is disgraceful, and I feel disgusted with her, and have lost all respect. Ellen, please , you are a role model, you need to walk your talk.
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