justanotherfoolishlovesong: kathtea: earthschild: greenvegansara: peta2: Sheep used for wool are CAS
justanotherfoolishlovesong:kathtea:earthschild:greenvegansara:peta2:Sheep used for wool are CASTRATED without painkillers, tails CHOPPED off & throats slit, just for a pair of UGG Australia boots, a wool sweater, or jacket: http://peta2.me/uggtoberPeople still buy these ugly disgusting things. Even when I tell them about the animals that died for their ugly boots they don’t care.I don’t agree with ugg boots but this is actually bullshit.1. Lamb marking (cutting off tails) is done so that the sheep doesnt get flyblown when summer comes. Flyblown is where flies lay their eggs near the anus of a sheep, when they hatch maggots eat at the inside of the sheep colon, infesting it with bacteria which can eventually kill them, slowly and very painfully.2. Shearing does not injure a sheep, I don’t know about other countries but I’m sure its the same as Australia when if you do not shear them, they DO eventually become flyblown. 3. You CANNOT use wool if it has been contaminated by BLOOD. It cannot be skirted out like poo and urine does by the roustabouts. 4. Once a sheep has had its ‘throat slit’ it cannot be sheared for the same reason as 3. It has no advantage for anyone by killing their livestock if they are in the wool industry. I don’t care about your decision to hate ugg boots, you probably don’t give a flying shit about mine but DO NOT spread this bullshit information when the wool industry does not work that way.The wool industry is a natural bi-product of domesticating sheep. If you domesticate sheep (i.e. for grazing or landscape maintenance purposes), and do not sheer them or otherwise take care of them, you are viciously harming them. If you sheer a sheep, what are you going to do with these massive amounts of fiber product? Might as well use it as a natural fiber for clothing, etc.The industry of domesticating sheep certainly has its drawbacks, but sheep are smart and eco friendly and if you take proper ethical care of them (give them wide open spaces and help them maintain their health, etc). I don’t see anything (from my limited knowledge of the wool industry), that would prevent me from continuing to use wool.If someone has some information about the wool industry and the care of sheep that I need to be aware of, please let me know (but please don’t bite my head off). -- source link