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@SophiaSmart, cruelty free is when animals are not contained or treated inhumanely.
for products, it is when they don't pump the animals full of poisons and chemicals that might be good for us but not for them, they test the products on animals to see whether the product/food is fit for human consumption/use.
it is really cruel and just, well, terribly inhumane. so many of them don't even see daylight, fell the grass beneath their feet/paws. so many die and or get disabled. they are counted as numbers or subjects.
so cruelty free food, products and things like that is when they way they go about testing, killing (for food) and containing is giving the animals freedom and are treated humanely.
so many videos are out there (you might not want to watch them) that show companies and labs testing animals and treating them so badly.
but, there are many petitions that can help stop this disgusting reality from happening. my mum does a lot of them.
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i hope this was a good run down for you.