June 27, 2018
Actress Sunny Leone's cosmetics brand 'Star Struck by Sunny Leone' uses
animal rights organisation PETA India's cruelty-free logo as it is against
testing products on animals.
The brand will be featured on People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's 'Companies That Don't Test on
Animals' list, which recognises companies that sell only cruelty-free cosmetics,
personal care, and household cleaning products, read a statement.
Star
Struck will use the special cruelty-free bunny logo on its packaging, like
brands such as Omved, Soulflower, Herbal Strategi Vicco Laboratories and The
Body Shop.
"Increasingly, consumers today want to be confident their
purchases do not support harm to animals. PETA India's cruelty-free logo will
help Star Struck proudly show that we are firmly against caging, poisoning (and)
killing animals in any tests," Sunny said in a statement.
Sunny's company
will be launching an online promotional campaign and contest with the animal
rights organisation.
PETA India, whose motto reads, in part, that
"animals are not ours to experiment on", notes that more than 3,000 companies
around the world have banned all animal tests in favour of effective, modern,
non-animal methods.
Sunny has been an animal advocate. She was PETA
India's 2016 Person of the Year and has appeared in numerous campaigns for the
group, including a pro-vegan fashion ad, a pro-vegetarian ad, an ad promoting
the sterilisation of animal companions, and a pro-adoption campaign, in which
she encouraged fans to "be an angel" by adopting a homeless dog.