[Sca-cooks] back to food was PETA

[Sue Clemenger]

As someone on one of my fiber lists put it (PETA being a topic there, 
this week, as well),
"using silk only kills the moths; using polyester kills us all."
They (PETA) also have this inflammatory, inaccurate website 
(woolisbaad.com, I think).  To someone who doesn't know anything about 
sheep, it might be pretty alarming, but a number of folk on my fiber 
lists were pointing out that many breeds of sheep *have* to be sheared, 
as they don't shed naturally.  (I do not know if that's a result of 
breeding, though.)
--maire, trying and failing to come up with OFC (to early, not enough 
caffeine)

Patricia Collum wrote:
> I have a friend here, seneschal for my local group, that won't use real silk
> for this reason also. I don't know about wool, as we don't use all that much
> in Atenveldt anyway.
> 
> Cecily
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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>>Harvesting silk cocoons is a barbaric practice that prevents the moths
> 
> from
> 
>>living and dying a natural life.
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