Review (1/5): Emus are killed for any product with Emu Oil in it.
Emu oil is actually very close to human sebum and, hence, our skins will easily absorb and process it. It contains essential fatty acids: linolenic, linoleic, oleic, and palmitic. Linolenic (omega-3 EFA) and linoleic (omega-6 EFA). Oleic is a known to have anti-inflammatory properties, but so are a lot of things.
However, they have to kill the emus to get this. While some may be killed for their meat and the oil is obtained secondarily, some are killed just for their fatty oil. People jumped into emu farms hoping to make a fast buck and ended up bashing in the birds heads with baseball bats when their investments went nowhere. Out of this frustration and desperation came this myth about emu oil. Another myth is any kind of emu regulatory agency!
I prefer Emulator Oil, from Skin Actives. In my opinion, superior in every way to emu oil and NO animal cruelty: Almond seed oil, palm oil, shea butter, flax seed, rosehip and pomegranate oil, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), borage, foraha, kukui (Aleurite moluccans) nut and babassu (Orbignya oleifera) oils; mango, pumpkin seed, kokum (Garcinia Indica) and tucuma (Astrocaryum tucuma) butter, pomegranate (Punica Granatum) Seed Oil and astaxanthin and tocotrienols and lycopene and alpha D-Tocopherol and thioctic Acid and lutein.