Really really depends on who you ask. If you're pals with a sheep and they gotta keep cool, wool it up as far as I'm concerned. Had a couple rescue chickens before and along those same lines seemed silly to not eat the eggs
On one hand it isn't because by strict definition it comes from an animal.
On the other hand if sheep aren't shorn in the warmer months they will overheat and die, and the process doesn't cause them any pain. Sheep that are used for wool have long and happy lives.
Important addendum to the above: The only reason sheep are as fluffy as they are is because we (as a species) have deliberately selectively bred them to be like this. Also depending on the farm in question the shearing process can be a little rough - there's degrees of good and bad on that one, but unless you keep the sheep yourself there's not really a good way of telling how nicely it was treated.
Further supporting point: Clothes made from wool have a significantly lower carbon footprint than any other material AND tend to be harder wearing AND are easier to repair, so if the reason you're vegan is for sustainability and carbon reduction...
This can all be solved by collectively run worker farms. Everyone takes a few hours a week to go help take care of livestock like sheep, chickens, and cows to help produce wool, milk, and eggs.
Consumption of those goods would have to go way down, but having it be a communal endeavor would make the process infinitely more humane.
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Really really depends on who you ask. If you're pals with a sheep and they gotta keep cool, wool it up as far as I'm concerned. Had a couple rescue chickens before and along those same lines seemed silly to not eat the eggs
Vegans can have a few home raised eggs from their pet chickens, as a treat
It's a struggle session.
On one hand it isn't because by strict definition it comes from an animal.
On the other hand if sheep aren't shorn in the warmer months they will overheat and die, and the process doesn't cause them any pain. Sheep that are used for wool have long and happy lives.
Important addendum to the above: The only reason sheep are as fluffy as they are is because we (as a species) have deliberately selectively bred them to be like this. Also depending on the farm in question the shearing process can be a little rough - there's degrees of good and bad on that one, but unless you keep the sheep yourself there's not really a good way of telling how nicely it was treated.
Further supporting point: Clothes made from wool have a significantly lower carbon footprint than any other material AND tend to be harder wearing AND are easier to repair, so if the reason you're vegan is for sustainability and carbon reduction...
This can all be solved by collectively run worker farms. Everyone takes a few hours a week to go help take care of livestock like sheep, chickens, and cows to help produce wool, milk, and eggs.
Consumption of those goods would have to go way down, but having it be a communal endeavor would make the process infinitely more humane.
no