There's an alternative, why not use it?

Yesterday, I found out a disturbing news. The Rose Ointment I have from Young Living contains mink oil. I did not bother to research it more when I read it because I thought that mink is just some type of plants, until someone ask about it at the oil group on Facebook that I am in. "Was the mink oil ethically sourced?" Then, it just clicked on me about "mink fur" and how cute minks are. I was scared to know where the mink oil came from.

Yesterday, I had the reply from product information at YL:

"The minks that we use as the source for our mink oil are minks that are

farm raised for their fur. Humane euthanasia techniques practiced on

fur farms are those recommended by the American Veterinary Medical

Association in the United States and by the Guelph University Research

Facility in Canada. The only method of euthanasia for mink certified

by FCUSA Animal Welfare Committee is pure carbon monoxide or carbon

dioxide bottled gas. The animals are immediately rendered unconscious

and die without stress or pain. Due to the larger physical size of fox,

the American Veterinary Medical Association approves lethal injection as

the most humane method. This is the only method recommended by the FCUSA

Animal Welfare Committee. These are the same methods used by many local

humane shelters. In the United States, the U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) includes fur farming in annual agriculture production

statistics and reports, as do most state agriculture departments. In

Canada, fur farming is licensed and regulated by the provincial

departments of agriculture.

Mink oil is made from the thick fatty layer minks have just under their

skins. This fat is removed from the pelt when the mink is skinned and is

then rendered into mink oil. Mink oil is a source of palmitoleic acid

which possesses physical properties similar to human sebum, therefore

mink oil is used in several medical and cosmetic products."

That just does not sit well with me. I am appalled. Bear in mind, I am not an animal activist, I still eat meat and all.......but this just is not right on many level.

1) There is a botanical alternative, why not use it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mink_oil

2) Gas chamber as supposed to lethal injection?

3) How can this be cruelty free? I need a new definition of cruelty free :(

By the way, I also questioned whether YL is TRULY cruelty free, when they claim to be. Why aren't they listed at PETA or the Leaping Bunny? Companies can claim whatever without third party accountability.

Now, I just don't know what to do with my rose ointment. I can't use it when I think of the minks, although I used to enjoy the smell of it.