2007-01-16 04:36:15 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Peta and the HSUS have filled everyone's heads full of sh it. Wool comes from lambs, it is shaved off of the animal. The animal lives and is fine. Now for other animals that are killed for there skin its not like you hear from Peta and the HSUS. These are animals that need to be controlled anyways. Most don't meet the painful death that you think. HSUS and Peta have ties to domestic terrorists and can't be trusted.
2007-01-16 04:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by DJB 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Animals are not killed for wool. They are shorn and the wool is bagged. Recent protests regarding the wool industry, particularly in Australia, is over "mulesing". Mulesing is when "wrinkle-skin" is sliced from the area around a sheep's tail. It is supposed to help control flystrike. Time is money, so these farm hands are out in the field cutting chunks of flesh from sheeps' hindquarters with shears. They are not required to administer pain medication, anasthetic, or even antiseptics. Because of the trauma, rough handling, and infection, some sheep do die.
There are definitely better ways. Selective breeding of sheep less susceptible to flystrike, topical treatments. But the bottom line is it takes 2 minutes to cut a part of an animal's body off with a pair of giant scissors, and it's the fastest, cheapest method. It's also the cruelest, and the most brutal.
2007-01-16 05:18:13 · answer #2 · answered by Medusa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they are not killed. Wool generally comes from sheep, which are "sheared" to get the wool off them. This is similar to having a whole-body haircut and it does not harm the sheep other than stressing them a little while it is happening and them being a little chillier afterwards. A typical shearing takes less than 5 minutes if performed by an expert.
Of course, there are many other animals that are killed for clothing production reasons but that is usually for the skins (pelts) rather than for wool.
2007-01-16 04:43:22 · answer #3 · answered by Chris W 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
All of the people that have answered "Yes" to this question have no clue... Wool comes from sheep and is a renewable resource. Or a "re-grow-able" one! Sheep shearing is an art form. Sure the animal may get a little stressed when it is being sheared but by no means does the animal have to be killed!
2007-01-16 04:45:21 · answer #4 · answered by Moon Man 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, they have their hair or wool sheared during the summer so they can grow back before winter so they don't freeze during the winter. They aren't skinned unless its deer for their fur but they don't have wool. animals with wool are too valuable at first. they only kill them for food, not to get wool.
2007-01-16 04:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by Mermaid 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, the wool is sheared from the animal like giving a hair cut. They are not skinned.
2007-01-16 04:39:51 · answer #6 · answered by mntlady739 2 · 10⤊ 0⤋
No.....animals like say sheep or lamas are sheared with a special electric clipper. Ppl who own these animals keep them so year after year their wool can be harvested.
2007-01-16 06:39:25 · answer #7 · answered by anemonecanadensis 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, they just shave off the wool, unless its for their hide but it depends on the animal.
2007-01-16 04:47:32 · answer #8 · answered by ♫♪music dreamer♪♫ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most sheep aren't killed for their wool. They are shaved and left to shiver in the elements!
However, chinchillas, rabbits, and even cats and dogs are killed for their fur in countries across the globe! I saw a horrible show once that detailed the practices of "harvesting" the hides from dogs in China! To this day, it still haunts me!
2007-01-16 04:43:18 · answer #9 · answered by Shannon 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
NO. The Wool is cut off with a pair of clippers.
2007-01-16 04:41:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋