For me that misses the point.
The truth is the production of Badger Brushes , means the death of badgers , just the same as the production of meat means the death of animals , the production of milk fuels the death of very young calves, and the production of eggs in a big volume commercial manner means day old chicks get gasses or minced.
Those are inevitable facts of these industries I too have been in many abattoir all over Europe , sadly it was a part of the industry I once worked in , and if you have been in one Paul then I am sure you will back me up when I say nothing humane goes on inside one.
So of course we can attack the content but that doesn't change the reality , at the end of the day at that point as well informed adults the choice is ours either way.
"and if you have been in one........" I can assure you I have and It was as humane as it could have been, yes it was still killing an animal but an animal that was bread for meat production.
It was an abattoir local to me owned by the farm who reared the animals for food, afterwards the meat was sent off to the butchers, also owned by the farm.
So the whole process was performed by the same family who take pride in the production of rearing the animals through to the inevitable slaughter and sale of the meat.
I am sure there are abattoirs who's welfare practices are not as good especially in other countries but the one I visited was to my eyes as good as it can be and the welfare for the animals was reassuring. I only buy the meat I eat from this butcher, I would never buy meat from a supermarket simply because I don't know where it has come from and how the animal was reared and slaughtered.
Is there any meat that is not eaten in China, I'm sure that badger is on the menu. So that being the case the badger hair is a biproduct just as leather is or sheepskin is.
Ive been told by someone who has eaten badger that it's quite palatable but a little tough but that may have been because of the method in which it was cooked.
I'm guessing you are a vegan who eats no animal products whatsoever and you do not wear leather or any other animal skins, sheepskin ect and I'm not sure about the use of wool but I don't have a problem with your life choice, it's your choice and you should be allowed to make your choice without objection from anyone.
I could not wear plastic shoes and I'm not over keen on man made fibres so it's leather shoes and boots and I wear cotton and wool and try where possible to keep man made fibres to a minimum .
I would hope that you can respect my life choice to eat meat and to wear the biproducts of the meat as I respect yours who chooses not to.
Untill groups like PETA stop their dirty underhanded stunts that muddy the waters and fool the gullible we can not fully know the truth about bager hair but I'm as sure as I can be the badgers killed in China are also eaten, making the hair a biproduct, it would be strainge to think otherwise seeing as nothing seems to be off the menu in China.
P.