Are they allowed to lie like this?!
the ugg australia company is saying that skinning a sheep does not kill it. Is it legal to lie like this?
Answers: http://ugg.1stop-shopping.com/articles/h...
the ugg australia company is saying that skinning a sheep does not kill it. Is it legal to lie like this?
last time i checked all mammals need their skin to survive. It is a vital organ system that keeps us hydrated. it prevents unnecessary loss of liquids and prevents infections. it protects against the uv rays of the sun (melanin is in your cells and refracts most harmful rays). So if a sheep is skinned but still manages to survive that barbaric process then it will ultimately die, either from a bacterial infection or from something else.
are they shaving the wool or removing all of it's skin? here it means shaving to skin
are they already dead when skinned?
No. So I guess they aren't lying. As a sheep skinning expert, do you have proof to the contrary?
I'm not trying to be argumentative. It's just that too many of us assume we know everything when we don't.
From what I've been researching most sheepskins come from sheep raised for their meat so it is indeed a by-product of a sheep. That's not to say it's the ONLY way it's done.
Does PETA boycott Uggs?
EDIT: OMG OMG OMG. We do realize that. We also realize there might be other ways to do it, which you obviously won't even entertain the thought of.
EDIT(2): According to this website about sheep, procuring their wool and procuring sheepskins is a completely different ballgame and it appears that the arrticle presented by the asker is lying. The website I am providing does not have an anti-animal cruelty agenda or anything like that. It is just informational.
Kate-I e-mailed the company with 2 questions. Why I can't find any info. on the net supporting their claim and what the flesh and fat being removed during the "fleshing" process is from if the animals aren't being harmed. I would e-mail you with the response but your mail is closed.
Rookie---you have misquoted the article, it says "hide and fleece" not "wool and fleece"
Well, the sheep won't die from shearing, and if they say they do not kill them for their skin (leather) perhaps they only use sheep that have died of old age. I don't know if this is true or not, but they can say what they like, and people can believe, or not. Unless you can prove their falsehoods, there isn't much you can do about it.
i read the article and it sounds true i know back in middle shool in our ag class we took the wool and hide off the sheep and they were not harmed at all so you may want to look more into it b4 you say they are lying
Lambswool (also known as sheepskin) is the fine soft wool from the first shearing of a lamb, usually when it is about seven months old. So, no they don't literally skin the sheep.
Hahaha, that article is ridiculous!
They actually mention the tannery process and say "hide" and even "fleshing process" then expect people to believe the sheep is still alive, and above all likes it? How could you possibly remove fat and muscle off skin and keep the animal alive?
Haha, a real dumbass wrote that article.
No. They are not allowed to lie like this. Unfortunately plenty of places get away with it. But different countries have different regulations... I don't know Australia's policies. If that's an official statement from the Ugg company though... they have some explaining to do. You can always write to them and demand your money back... It might not save the sheep, but at least you can rattle the company a little bit and let them know their consumers don't want to be treated like morons.
this person has no idea what they are talking about. they clearly don't know the difference between a fleece and a hide. if you skin a sheep it is already dead, so don't think that there is anybody skinning a live sheep. it's just not done. shearing is a different matter. as the website said, it is similar to getting a hair cut, and if the shearer is skillful, the sheep will get out of the experience minus a very heavy fleece and with no damage.
I would hope that rather than a deliberate lie, that the person is simply misinformed. however, there is a contact us button at the bottom of the page. if you feel this strongly about the matter, email them, put them straight and contact your Fair Trading or equivalent to let them know about the misleading information that is being posted there.
I think what they mean is that the sheep was not strictly killed for its hide (i.e. it was from a sheep slaughtered for meat). That doesn't excuse it, of course, but it makes some people feel better about it.
they r saying they have sheared the sheep down to its skin they taken all it wool
it is just as well as you go and cut your hair, they taking the wool of the skin and then this allow the sheep to be able to breathe again, The wool grows back again. I dont think that you will like to walk with the same hairdo day in and day out.
give them a break
They shave the wool off, but thats kind of healthy for sheep.
They don't kill them.
Does it make a difference? It still commodifies sentient life. ANY animal bred for human consumption will end up in the slaughterhouse when no longer profitable. All animals raised for wool, eggs, dairy etc. end up as meat.
i read the article and i know what you mean. They said how they get the sheep wool and fleece, they didnt say how they get the sheep hide. they just left that whole part out.
"Fleshing - The skins are fleshed using a fleshing machine which removes excess fat and muscle tissue from the back of the skins"
if they're talking about getting excess fat and muscle tissue from the skins, im pretty sure they're talking about actual sheep skin...
I've seen how they make leather, and i can assure you it's actual animal skin they use in the making leather process.
i also posted a question about this - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Skinning the sheep does not kill it. It is already dead.
Edit after reading all the above posts I decided I had better go to the site and read for myself. I do believe that some communication major wrote the bit without any actual knowledge of the process. The sheep were not killed just for Uggs. They were killed for meat with hides as a byproduct. I do not understand where they came up with the shearing part.
Edit 2 I had never heard of Uggs before this. They look comfortable. I think I will get a pair. Thank you for the heads up.
The site isn't actually from the company so yes it is legal. The site is written badly and when they say that it doesn't kill the sheep they are only referring to the shearing to get the wool.
maybe they use the skin of a dead sheep??
or maybe there trying to say that it doesn't kill it, but puts it through alot of pain, and then dies from bleeding
you are a dumb ***. they are skinning the sheep they are just shearing the sheep.