Arks Neem Protect Shampoo is environmentally friendly, gentle and a non-drying formula for cleaning dirt, oil and sebum from your pets including: dogs, cats, horses and other pet coats. The active ingredient in our shampoo is Neem, a tree native to the Indian subcontinent. Neem has been used for thousands of years by the people of India, Southeast Asia and Africa. In the natural product world it has many uses. Neem Protect contains NO: sodium laurel sulfate, DEET, pyrethrins, synthetic pyrethroids or permethrin all of which can be harmful to both animals and humans.