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Could wool from sheep living in an animal sanctuary be considered vegan?
A lot of the questions asking about something being considered vegan can be answered by asking Considered by whom?. While there are some clear-cut rules that comprise the core vegan ideology, many ...
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What specific ethical concerns are there about the use of sheep's wool?
Like most livestock, wool sheep are tail-docked, castrated, and have their ears clipped.
Sheep are also selectively bred to favor the ones with the most skin-folds/highest wool production, which ...
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What specific ethical concerns are there about the use of sheep's wool?
According to sheep101.info, sheep have a natural life expectancy of 10 to 12 years. Despite this, a sheep's wool production begins to decline after 7 years. Therefore, farmers can produce more wool by ...
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Could wool from sheep living in an animal sanctuary be considered vegan?
Short answer: it depends on the "brand" of veganism you are talking about.
Even the way the sheep has been saved can influence the view one can have on the subject.
If the sheep that has ...
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Is there an ethical alternative to mulesing? (Removal of wool-bearing skin from the breech of a sheep)
The Wikipedia page you reference also lists more ethical alternatives:
Breeding programs to reduce susceptibility
Insecticides
Topical protein-based treatments which kill wool follicles and tighten ...
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Vegan wool alternative other than synthetic fiber?
Wool is used in several ways so I'll discuss each use case separately. I found a great reference page from MEC about how to properly layer clothing for cold weather.
Base Layer (undergarments and ...
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What are some warm clothing options for vegans?
Most vegan articles of clothing that do not rely on petroleum-based products are made of either cotton, hemp or linen. Since linen is often thought of as a summer-appropriate fabric, what you might ...
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What are some warm clothing options for vegans?
This may not be a popular answer but everyone has to decide the ethics of this for themselves:
Buy clothing from your resale shops. I still avoid anything with animal products from resale but, they ...
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Vegan wool alternative other than synthetic fiber?
Here is a post from PETA detailing 8 vegan fabrics. This site yarnyarn also sell ethical based yarn, such as banana yarn which is vegan "Make your ethical fashion pieces with sustainable handmade ...
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Vegan wool alternative other than synthetic fiber?
When one would typically use wool socks (for instance, I did a four day hike in the Appalachians recently) I typically use bamboo fiber socks. They're soft and warm, and in my experience do not hold ...
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Do all wool-bearing animals need to be shorn?
While shedding does indeed occur as previously stated, it is a well known occurence that dense and curly fur/wool tends to get clutted even after releasing from the hair folicles (ask anyone with a ...
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Do all wool-bearing animals need to be shorn?
Wild sheep shed their excess wool. Domesticated breeds, other than those specifically bred to grow wool non-stop, also shed annually.
Sources:
Will a Sheep’s Wool Grow Forever? (Requires some reading ...
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