補充：來自PETA的回信（關於L'Oreal的動物實驗）

因為我老爸在看了我的Blog 之後把我念了一頓（說我對於L'Oreal的抵制行動證據不足，同時還恐嚇我說我會被L'Oreal告，但是我覺得拜託這又不是白色恐怖，況且L'Oreal如果真的沒有做動物實驗的話為何不大肆宣揚這件善事呢？等等）

基於以上很多理由，我寫了兩封不同的信去跟兩個不同的組織求證，一個就是L'Oreal（哈哈想也知道），另一個就是公信力十足的PETA（很抱歉關於PETA的後續故事我仍然在努力中）。

寄給L'Oreal的信是在4/29日寄出，一直到現在都還沒回應（不知是否心理有鬼？）。PETA則是在第二天就回了，而且寫的很長，誠意十足（可以給一百分）。

在這邊我把PETA的回信一字不改貼上，有興趣的大家可以做個參考，當然還是中英對照，而且秉持實事求是的精神並無加油添醋之嫌（親愛的老爸，請看，我是合格的社會學家），請各位看倌自己判斷。

如果不想看那麼長的話我直接把用螢光筆劃過線的地方整理出來，重點如下

1. L'Oreal亟有可能仍要求其供應商進行原料的動物實驗
2. L'Oreal不曾出面否認過此事
3. L'Oreal與其子公司在2000年以被PETA列入「有做動物實驗」的公司名單中
4. L'Oreal把一切與動物實驗有關的責任全部都推到法律規定頭上（say what?! 就好像阿貶把污錢都推到他老婆頭上一樣！！！！）

好，以下就是PETA的回信，請各位慢慢看

謝謝您的來信。基於L’Oreal的動物實驗，PETA曾經有段時間抵制過L’Oreal。L’Oreal最後宣稱他們已終止所有動物實驗並且於1993年簽署PETA的「保證宣言」

Thank you for your inquiry. PETA campaigned against L’Oréal for some time because of the company’s use of animals for product testing. L’Oréal eventually declared that it had ended all animal tests and signed PETA’s Statement of Assurance in 1993.

許多傳聞使我們懷疑L'Oreal並沒有真的停止動物實驗。由於L’Oreal公司不願向我們說明這件事情，因此我們在我們發行的「無動物實驗公司」清單上有做出特別的記號標示。在2000年之前，沒有文件顯示L’Oreal有進行動物實驗，所以L’Oreal仍在我們的「無動物實驗」清單上（我們有特別標記告知消費者關於L’Oreal公司不願意向我們說明的這件事，希望消費者能夠自行決定）

Rumors later led us to question if L’Oréal had truly renounced animal testing. Because the company would not clarify this issue for us, we placed a notation on our published lists of companies that do not test on animals. Up until the fall of 2000, no documentation had come to light indicating that L’Oréal was conducting animal tests, so the company remained on our “Don’t Test” list (with a notation explaining the issue so that readers would be fully informed and could make their own decisions).

在2000年11月，我們得到證據指出L’Oreal要求其原料供應商提供至少一種以上的原料的動物實驗資料。我們同時也得到來自L’Oreal的消息宣稱該公司沒有進行「成品」的動物實驗，然而對「原料」的動物實驗隻字未提。同一時間，英國的動物權組織Naturewatch開始有了抵制L’Oreal可能使用經由動物實驗的原料的活動。

In November 2000, we received evidence that L’Oréal had requested animal-test data from an ingredient supplier for at least one ingredient. We also received information about statements made by L’Oréal in which the company confirmed only that it did not test finished products on animals—ingredient testing was not mentioned. It also came to our attention that Naturewatch, an animal rights group in England, had launched a campaign against L’Oréal based on the company’s presumed use of ingredients that had been tested on animals.

PETA多次嘗試與L’Oreal聯繫討論相關議題，但L’Oreal不曾回應我們。雖然我們並沒有絕對證據顯示L’Oreal確實使用經由動物實驗的原料，但是L’Oreal三緘其口的態度以及我們得到的文件使我們相信L’Oreal亟有可能不是Cruelty-free的公司。

PETA has contacted L’Oréal multiple times about these matters, but we’ve never received a response. Although we do not have definitive evidence that L’Oréal is indeed using ingredients that have been tested on animals, the company’s silence—coupled with the documentation that we have received—lead us to believe that L’Oréal probably is not cruelty-free.

因此，在2000年，我們將L’Oreal及其子公司（Garnier, Lancome, Matrix Essentials, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren Frangrances, 與Redken）從我們的Cruelty-free名單上移除，並將他們放到「有動物實驗公司」的名單中，到目前為止都沒有改變。

As a result, we removed L’Oréal and its subsidiaries (including Garnier, Lancôme, Matrix Essentials, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, and Redken) from our cruelty-free list in 2000 and placed them on our “Do Test” list, where they have remained ever since.

遺憾的是，一些仍在進行動物實驗的公司並沒有告知消費者關於公司的實驗政策。如果您得到L’Oreal回應您說他們沒有在進行「成品」的動物實驗，我們建議您繼續詢問他們關於「新開發原料」的實驗政策。L’Oreal目前針對這個問題的的回應通常是以下說詞，顯示他們並沒有徹底停止原料的動物實驗

「關於原料， 一般規定要求化妝品或其他消費商品的安全性需經由測試，測試包括活體測試（及動物實驗）。所有化妝品公司都不例外，製造產品所使用的原料都必須符合這些法律規範。」

以化妝品而言，並沒有任何一樣規定要求公司進行「活體實驗」（也就是指動物實驗）。L’Oreal USA所做的任何原料動物實驗完全是自願性的。

Unfortunately, companies that have not eliminated animal tests are not necessarily forthcoming with consumers about their testing practices. If you receive a response from L’Oréal indicating that the company does not test its products on animals, we suggest that you write back to the company and specifically inquire about the testing policy for newly developed ingredients. L’Oréal’s current responses to this particular question usually contain the following statement, which indicates that the company has not completely eliminated the use of animal tests for ingredients:

“Concerning the ingredients, general regulations stipulate that safety for use in cosmetics or any other consumer product be assured by testing protocol, which may include in vivo testing. All cosmetics companies, without exception, manufacture their products with ingredients which must conform to these legal obligations.”

For cosmetics products, in vivo (animal) testing is not required by any “regulations”—any ingredient testing on animals that L’Oréal USA carries out or requests is completely voluntary.

Please ask L’Oréal to sign PETA’s cruelty-free pledge by using the company’s Web form (http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/tools/contact/search/form_search.aspx), calling 212-818-1500, or writing to:

L’Oréal USA, Inc.

575 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10017
212-984-4999 (fax)

For more information about animal testing and what you can do to help animals who suffer in laboratories, please visit http://www.StopAnimalTests.com. To see our list of companies that do not test on animals, learn how to make your home more animal-friendly, or make a donation in support of PETA’s Caring Consumer campaign, please go to http://www.CaringConsumer.com.

Thank you for your compassion and for everything you do for animals. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Sincerely,

Megan Vasiles

Correspondence Assistant

The PETA Foundation

就是這樣，PEACE OUT.