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JohnnyCage
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Feb 24, 2017
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Merino wool ? If you ever sell
products with that, I will never buy anything here. You know how those sheep are treated right?
Nightcinder
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Feb 24, 2017
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JohnnyCageThey've sold plenty of merino wool products. Darn Tough socks are merino wool.
gulfbreeze
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Feb 24, 2017
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NightcinderBy my count, there have been at least 20 drops of merino (and blend) items. One of my favorite fabrics.
JohnnyCage
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Feb 24, 2017
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NightcinderThanks for the info, then this is not the shop for me.
Cuylar
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Feb 24, 2017
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JohnnyCageAnimal treatment is different depending on the suppliers..... You can't make any logical statement about a product like that until you can demonstrate you know the supply chain. You are perfectly entitled to have your own opinions... but facts are required when you attempt to imply complicit association with abusers. I take that claim seriously.
An example of research you can do: Darn Tough: https://darntough.com/pages/faqs
"Is the wool you use to make your socks sourced from farms that treat their sheep ethically and humanely?
Our partners do not harm their sheep in the shearing process in any way and do not practice mulesing. It’s a natural, sustainable process."
An example of research you can do: Darn Tough: https://darntough.com/pages/faqs
"Is the wool you use to make your socks sourced from farms that treat their sheep ethically and humanely?
Our partners do not harm their sheep in the shearing process in any way and do not practice mulesing. It’s a natural, sustainable process."
teschi
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Feb 28, 2017
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JohnnyCageWriting this comment while wearing a merino suit. Greetings.
teschi
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Feb 28, 2017
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JohnnyCageMerino Wool comes from Merino sheep and not dogs. Sheering them is perfectly normal and does not affect them badly in any way.
Cuylar
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Feb 28, 2017
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teschiTo address what both of you are talking about.... Johnny has a point that he may or may not understand. If you google "mulesing" there's plenty of info on the topic.
It takes a certain type of detached person to do that to a living animal. There's more to the shearing and in some cases, the animals are gashed and not humanely treated when the wound is being sewn together.
And, if you have a strong stomach, check out the pictures to see why some of us find it to be so horrible.
There's plenty of other issues when you obtain materials from animals... but I won't go down that rabbit hole in this post.
It takes a certain type of detached person to do that to a living animal. There's more to the shearing and in some cases, the animals are gashed and not humanely treated when the wound is being sewn together.
And, if you have a strong stomach, check out the pictures to see why some of us find it to be so horrible.
There's plenty of other issues when you obtain materials from animals... but I won't go down that rabbit hole in this post.
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