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Saturday, October 27, 2012

ORGANIC & CRUELTY-FREE WOOL

     I RECENTLY READ SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WOOL AND HOW A LARGE PORTION OF WHAT IS USED IN THE PRODUCTS WE BUY COMES FROM SHEEP FARMS IN AUSTRALIA.  UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SHEEP ON THESE FARMS & THE PROCESS ISN'T CRUELTY-FREE OR ORGANIC.  MALE SHEEP ARE CASTRATED WITHOUT THE USE OF ANESTHESIA & THE SAME HOLDS TRUE WHEN THEIR TAILS ARE DOCKED.  THIS LEAVES OPEN WOUNDS THAT ATTRACT FLIES & THE END RESULT OF THAT IS MAGGOTS.    THERE ISN'T ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED ALL OF THEM SO MANY DIE OF STARVATION.  THEIR WOOL IS SHEARED BY MACHINES AND, IN THE PROCESS, SOME OF THEIR BODY PARTS TOO.  THEY ALSO USE ANOTHER PRACTICE CALLED MULESING WHICH INVOLVES CUTTING OFF THE SKIN AROUND THE BUTTOCKS OF MERINO SHEEP TO PREVENT FLYSTRIKE http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/09/fashion-chains-wool-australia-mulesing.

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THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE SAD SCENES FROM THESE FARMS.  
     IF WOOL IS JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT, THEN LOOK FOR PRODUCTS THAT COME FROM ORGANIC & CRUELTY-FREE FARMS.  THEY DO EXIST.  ALL IT TAKES IS AN INTERNET SEARCH & YOU WILL FIND A FEW SITES DEDICATED TO BEING ORGANIC & CRUELTY-FREE.  THE SHEEP AT THESE FARMS ARE WELL-FED, WELL CARED FOR, PROTECTED AGAINST PREDATORS.  THEIR WOOL IS CLEANED WITH ECO-DETERGENT & DRIED IN THE FRESH AIR.  IT IS THEN CARDED BY HAND, DYED WITH ECO-FRIENDLY DYES AND SPUN BY HAND.  
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     OF COURSE, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO PRODUCTS MADE WITH WOOL, I.E. BAMBOO, COTTON, LINEN & HEMP.  THESE ARE WORTH LOOKING INTO.







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