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FIGHTING ANIMAL TESTING FUNDING BETTER SCIENCE Over the past 30 years, Lush has blazed a trail in ending animal testing in cosmetics and campaigned to eradicate it from other industries, too.
RAISING $ 851K USD/ $ 1.14m CAD FOR DEXTER’S ARC These funds have now been donated to Wellcome Sanger Institute research centre. FUNDING $ 1.26m USD/ $ 1.69m CAD ANIMAL-FREE RESEARCH Dexter’s Dragon Egg Bath Bombs were sold globally. SOLD 136,000
We know that animal test results lack human relevance, are unreliable, unpredictable and cause unnecessary suffering. Since 2012, Lush has championed and funded better science through the Lush Prize, which has awarded almost £3 million to those pioneering and promoting non-animal technologies. Most people want to see an end to animal testing, but we need lawmakers to enact legislation that ends animal testing and channels resources into better science. That’s why we’ve built strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations in North America seeking real change and making a coordinated effort to fully replace animal tests with non-animal and human-relevant tests.
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pass federal legislation** to end animal testing for cosmetics. And we know it’s possible because in September 2023 we celebrated a major victory when Canada officially passed that ban—a victory belongs to groups like Humane Society International and Animal Alliance of Canada who campaigned relentlessly to change federal legislation. But the fight continues in the United States, and we are not giving up. *strategic funding is separate from Charity Pot grants which exist to serve small, grassroots organizations bringing in less than $500K in annual income. **Please visit humanesociety.org to learn more about The Humane Cosmetics Act and how you can help.
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into Rhabdomyosarcoma in order to find better treatments to lengthen and improve the quality of life of these children and their families.
FUNDING BETTER SCIENCE WITH DEXTER’S DRAGON EGG
In 2023, we supported both Humane Society International (HSI) and Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) through $100,000 USD grants to both. This funding helps PCRM lobby for accountability at the National Institutes of Health and the Federal Drug Administration and HSI to advance reform through scientific education. And since 2017, we’ve supported four organizations* with grants totalling more than $1.5 million USD: HSI, PCRM, InterNICHE and Animal Alliance of Canada. Each working with the intent to replace the use of animals in science. Because it’s time for a global, scientific sea change. Within North America, the United States must
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I n 2022, Jack and Rachel Constantine and their family lost seven year old Dexter Constantine- Tatchell, their Master of Dragons. He fought fiercely against Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare childhood cancer that lacks awareness as well as a lack of funding for research and treatment.
fundraising platform created with the support of Alice’s Arc, a registered charity in England and Wales. We launched a limited edition version of the bestselling Dragon’s Egg Bath Bomb, Dexter’s Dragon Egg, and, thanks to your support, raised $851K USD/$1.14m CAD for Dexter’s Arc, specifically for the purpose of non-animal tested research into Rhabdomyosarcoma.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF DEXTER’S DRAGON EGG. Scan the Lush Code to donate to Dexter’s Arc.
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to learn more about our global initiatives to fight animal testing.
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You are also invited to learn about our strategic partners at pcrm.org and hsi.org
To honor Dexter and children like him, Lush supported the launch of Dexter’s Arc, a
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