• @Braysl@lemmy.world
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    1311 months ago

    I mean they are certainly shorn more than once before that happens, so I wouldn’t exactly say it’s a blood sacrifice.

    • aeternum
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      011 months ago

      never mind that they often get cut quite badly because the shearers are on such a tight deadline.

      • @Braysl@lemmy.world
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        1811 months ago

        Once again, they are not skinned alive to make a sweater so not exactly what my ex pictured happened for yarn products.

          • @Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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            1011 months ago

            Your non-sequitur is bordering on badgering at this point. We got it the first time. You’re smarter and kinder than us.

          • @AlataOrange@lemmy.world
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            311 months ago

            Natural lifespan? What natural life span? Sleep are unable to survive in the wild for more then a few years before the amount of wool they grow will cause their bodies to cook themselves. They are dependent on humans sheering them to live out their “natural” lifespan. Ultimately they, along with all animals we have breed for service are not natural any more.

            • aeternum
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              111 months ago

              yeah, because we bred them that way. there are nautrally occurring sheep that don’t need to be shorn all the time, and they do just fine.