Mongolian Lambswool

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I have no knowledge on the topic , except seeing it in person

when in high school (funny that, the memories that stick and the ones that

vanish) and all I can remember is thinking that I would not want anyone

shaving my armpits and back with an electric razor. U always seem to come up

with these great topics!

 

I started thinking today about how much of my current winter wardrobe is

wool ­ almost all of it except for a few pairs of Patagonia synthetic

underwear's that I live in during the winter months. And if I look out onto

the village street outside my office window, I can see it¹s the same for

most folks here, sans anything from Patagonia. Nepali wool is not very

fashionable world-wide and the quality of the designs is not something u

would see in Vogue, but it keeps EVERYONE here very warm in a heatless and

gasless society.

 

Why point this out? Well, my gut says that ANY use of animals for human

gain is cruel in spirit, but a large amount of such use is tolerated and

somewhat regulated as it¹s part of our evolutionary history to use whatever

resources that our opposable thumbs can grab in the world. Then of course

the question becomes ³as advanced human beings, shouldn¹t we be able to make

synthetics so that animal skins, fur, and fibers are no longer needed?²

And then we know where THAT line of thought goes: from regulating the

treatment of silkworms to water buffalo, we start debating.

 

Meanwhile, school kid¹s brains are being splattered on schoolroom walls in

Gaza.

 

Cheers,

Jigs in Nepal

 

 

 

On 1/15/09 1:13 PM, " "

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> Does anyone have any information on how lambs are sheared for wool in

> Mongolia and if there is any cruelty involved? We have just received a

> request for information on this at the office.

> Thanks.

> Regards,

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