Poor guy never figured out how to make shears in Minecraft 😔😔😔
My ex thought the only way to get llama wool was to kill the llama. For some reason, this logic only applied to llamas, she understood sheep wool didn’t require the same sort of blood sacrifice.
that’s actually not true. All wool sheep go to slaughter. When they’re no longer useful, they end up dead and on someone’s plate.
I mean they are certainly shorn more than once before that happens, so I wouldn’t exactly say it’s a blood sacrifice.
never mind that they often get cut quite badly because the shearers are on such a tight deadline.
One of the cutest things I’ve ever seen was at a county fair. A woman was combing this enormously fluffy angora rabbit, and spinning the fluff directly into yarn. I have never seen another bunny reach such cat-worthy levels of smug satisfaction in my life.
They used to do that at our county fair too! Only it was three old ladies who looked very much like they might have just been visiting our realm from a story book about witches. One was combing the rabbit, the next was carding the fluff and the third was spinning on, I’m pretty sure, Sleeping Beauty’s actual spinning wheel. There were a bunch of rabbits just lazing about at their feet, waiting for their turn. It was my favorite part of the fair.
What do you think we do with sheep once they no longer provide a sufficient amount of wool?
Force them into an unending elder care program designed to squeeze every last penny from them, while providing the bare minimum of care possible?
Kind of related? I used to work at an elder care facility that had “therapy goats.” Lil baby goats that needed bottle feeding. We’d bring them to the residents’ rooms for cuddles and they would get to take turns feeding them. They were so delighted by them, it was damn cute.
Animals bred for wool typically end up getting slaughtered for meat as soon as they stop being profitable, so they’re actually not wrong.
