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Originally Posted by Ensign Steve
I don't see anything about cashmire or angora, but for regular wool, they are just shaved, not killed. Is that really your only criterion?
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What's wrong with wool? Scientists over the years have bred a Merino sheep
which is exaggeratedly wrinkled. The more wrinkles, the more wool.
Unfortunately, greater profits are rarely in the sheep's best interests. In
Australia, more wrinkles mean more perspiration and greater susceptibility to
fly-strike, a ghastly condition resulting from maggot infestation in the
sweaty folds of the sheep's over-wrinkled skin. To counteract this, farmers
perform an operation without anesthetic called "mulesing", in which sections
of flesh around the anus are sliced away, leaving a painful, bloody wound.
Without human interference, sheep would grow just enough wool to protect them from the weather, but scientific breeding techniques have ensured that these animals have become wool-producing monstrosities.
Their unnatural overload of wool (often half their body weight) brings
added misery during summer months when they often die from heat exhaustion.
Also, one million sheep die in Australia alone each year from exposure to cold after shearing.Every year, in Australia alone, about ten million lambs die before they are more than a few days old. This is due largely to unmanageable numbers of sheep and inadequate stockpersons.
Of UK wool, 27 percent is "skin wool", pulled from the skins of slaughtered sheep and lambs.
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that is really upsetting..i do not happen to like wool..also i live on south beach so is not needed..but i was planning on school in nyc and was wondering how to keep warm..thus my questions about cashmere..i thank you for giving me all this information..it is helpful in my quest to not contribute to misery in any life form..yes i know maybe the spinach doesn't want to be eaten either...enough for now...will come back...