Are animals killed to retrieve adrenaline/epinephrine for human use?!
Answers: I am trying to find out what animal products/by-products are obtained by killing the animal, and what animal products/by-products are obtained without killing them. (i.e. The hormone, adrenaline/epinephrine, is from the adrenal glands of hogs, cattle and sheep) How is it obtained? I would like to find out the same thing for other products, too. Thank you!
The only byproducts I can think of that don't require the death of the animal are milk, eggs, and wool.
However, they are by no means cruelty free because milk requires the cow be pregnant, and her baby is taken away; egg-laying hens are treated abysmally; and sheep shearers are paid by the sheep, so they have no incentive to be gentle. There are other cruelties associated with these items, which I won't go into now. And when an animal's production declines, she is killed. Dairy cows typically become hamburger. Egg-laying hens, whose bodies are battered after a couple years in the battery cage, are used for low-quality nuggets and potpies.
I would wager that hormone products require the death of the animal and are dangerous to boot.
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