mstrunck said:Back to the thread:
The animals that are "harvested" for our brusghes are breed with the sole purpose of producing hair for brushes. They would not exist if not for the brushes. I don't know about the quality of hairs from a badger, but pelth from other animals, eg mink, would suffer if the animals are not cared for. A big problem for mink farmers (and in particular the mink itself) are protest actions made by well meaning activists breaking into farms and setting the mink free. This actually stresses the mink, which we can all agree is not good for the animal. And the pelth become unuseabla if it is stressed.
Max
cubert said:Badgers. Dead badgers.
antdad said:What about boar? At least boar is tasty and not so cute.
cubert said:Ethical-schmethical.
The official line seems to be
- That badgers are a pest species in China (and also in the UK if for the last 5 months all your cattle has had a movement restriction on them because of a +ve test for bovine TB) and the hair is a by-product of dealing with the pest.
- That badgers are tasty, and the hair is a by-product of this.
- That badgers are commercially farmed for their hair.
Anyway, I'm off to eat a badger sandwich and sniff my shaving brush.
So it would appear.pedro083 said:Unless its a baby boar they apparently are cute.
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