Do vegans wear wool?!
when wool is being made do the sheep end up dead or are they forced any hormones or anything like that?
Answers: just wondering, does this count as an animal product?
when wool is being made do the sheep end up dead or are they forced any hormones or anything like that?
NO, vegans don't wear wool.
Sheep need shearing for thier husbandry.
It costs more to shear a sheep than farmers get for the wool ( in 2007 our price was 20p per fleece !!!! hence we don't even collect the money - we just pay the shearer ).
This year was particularly low, normally in the uk you can expect about 50-80p per fleece.
Understanding the price is important because it shows the farmer does not keep sheep for wool, they cost more to shear than they get for the wool. So, using wool does not encourage farmers to rear sheep....different to meat, milk, leather.
You can argue all sorts of vegan/veggie things all sorts of ways. I suppose somebody might argue the more wool you wear, the higher the price paid, the more money the farmer has to spend on husbandry. Not saying i agree with that, but i bet there are some who see that as valid.
Overall, i can understand that avoiding wool is a vegan thing to do as its part of the animal exploitation.
Also, commercial shearers working on piece rate will go through a sheep in less than 1 minute....there are normally cuts on about 1 in 5 sheep. Not life threatening, but i bet it hurts...and sheep have vivid red blood that is a bit sickening to look at, especially as its thin and they leak like a sieve.
Our sheep are pets - i dont see that as exploitation as they need shearing. They are only here because we rescued them from commercial farms. We pay excess for the shearer to slow down, he gets a bonus for no cuts. I'm a veggie anyway.
about "mulesing", mentioned by Mockingbird. This truely is a shocking practice and banned in some countries. We don't do this in the UK. Its widely practiced in Australia and New Zealand, don't know about the USA. Blowfly stike prevention is possible by decent animal husbandry, there is no excuse for mulesing. Unfortunately people pay so little for thier meat that farmers cut every conceivable corner they can.
pumpkin, as i said in my other answer, how can i post a link that prooves i didn't say something, how could that possibly work ?
im a vegan and i do. i dont think it is wrong to do that.
Just like there's different kinds of vegetarian (lacto ovo etc) it's the same with vegans.
Some people just restrict their veganism to not eating animal products, for other's it's a lifestyle, which means no animal products in their life at all (such as leather, ivory, and wool counts)
Some of them yes,but some are nope...but if i'm vegans...i'll no wear,eat,kill the animals any more...bcause this is a true vegen of Buddhisme.OK???Are u vegans? Can u b my friend?(^_*)?
No, vegans don't eat or wear anything that came from an animal...its really plain and simple, black and white. People are trying to redefine the word vegan or vegetarian, but it is what it is, no exceptions.
No, vegans do not wear wool. Whether or not the animal actually dies as a direct result of the product in question is not the point. Vegans do not believe in exploiting animals for their own gain. And wool is not as simple as a haircut, as it may seem. Sheep have been bred to have masses of extra skin surface so that they can produce more wool and those folds allow painful insect infestations. In a process called mulesing, strips of skin near the sheep's hind end are peeled off; the theory is that the scarred skin that will grow in its place will be more resistant to flies that want to lay eggs on the sheep. Shearing is often done roughly, leading to cuts and infections. It's not a cruelty-free industry and vegans do not support it.
The technical definition of Vegan is a person who uses and consumes NO animal products. So even if an animal isn't harmed, a true vegan will not use its products.
That said, it is nearly impossible to eliminate ALL animal products from your life; they're in everything. So a lot of Vegans choose to put their energy into standing against products that are the result of explicit cruelty.
Only the hypocrites do. It's no less exploitive than bees and honey.
I shall call them "veasygans".
More hypocrisy--"People are trying to redefine the word vegan or vegetarian, but it is what it is, no exceptions."----I would get nothing but thumbs down if I said this but the person who said it has nothing but thumbs up.
galena---you are flatout wrong. Vegan is a lifestyle. A vegan who practices diet only is called a vegetarian by default.
michael h---did you post your links of vindication yet?
No, we don't. Wool is an animal product.
Sheep are bred to produce massive amounts of wool; they have wrinkles so they have more flesh, and more flesh to produce more wool.
Sheep are adjusted to live fine WITH their wool. When all this is suddenly shaved off, the sheep either
a) get badly sunburned in summer
b) die from exposure in winter
c) get very ill and feel very naked
When they no longer produce the "perfect" wool, where do the sheep go? Straight to the slaughterhouse.
There is absolutely no excuse for wearing wool.
It really depends on how "vegan" a person wants to be. For example, some vegans omit all animal-derived products, while others allow some in their daily lifestyles. While some may consider a vegan using animal products to be hypocritical, it is, at the end of the day, up to the vegan himself or herself to draw the line.
no, vegans don't wear wool. yes, it is an animal product.
As a vegan (for 2 weeks) no I won't wear wool and I wouldn't have as a vegetarian either. Wearing anything made of any kind of animal is not consistent with being a vegan
i dont because to me it is like wearing leather.
Just now I took off the jacket I bought a few days ago and read the label. It's 60% wool and I hadn't even thought of it as vegan or not as I bought it. Shows you how hard it is to be vegan in a world so structured on using animal products.
I'm keeping the jacket though and I'll probably buy another. Avoiding wool is over the top for me...at least right now. There was a time I used to eat dairy only and had no issue with it, now I do have an issue with dairy so who knows how I'll feel later about wool.
Funny how the little things have been harder to cut out. Meat was easy, dairy was hard, now wool...I love the feeling of wool. Wool is one of life's great tactile experiences. Does it really hurt the sheep so much? Questions, questions.
some do, it depends on what their beliefs are
some say you don't have to kill the animal to get it so it doesn't matter
Do sheep end up dead. No (but I'm sure PETA will make claims about somethin) They are sheered down close to the skin Just like you getting a hair cut. The hair that comes of is called wool. No real reason for veggies to get bent out of shape