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"actually we're doing animals a favor by breeding them for mass exploitation βοΈπ€"
(hexbear.net)
they also think just because the animal isnβt being killed that peta wouldnt be mad at it. they think peta thinks it kills them to take their wool β οΈβ οΈ
This does present a conundrum that I don't know how to tackle: sheep as they exist in agricultural contexts need human intervention to prevent overheating, so what's the way forward? Give them good lives outside of current production structures (so they can move more freely and live until old age with assistance) while still shearing them to save them from overheating? I can't think of any solution that isn't "kill them off and don't let them reproduce".
sanctuary farm (including shearing but more as a medical procedure like you'd care for a dog that's had a stroke) and then don't let them reproduce
Do they eventually die off as a subspecies? I dont know much about sheep, but I assume there are sheep that don't have this problem that can allowed to live freely and reproduce in their stead. But are there just more sheep than can be ecologically allowed in existence right now?
Rereading this, it sounds confrontational, I don't mean it that way. But is the goal to, through this, limit the population of sheep that can't survive without humans?
If the system wasn't just ultra exploitive capitalism, I think there would be a couple of animal products I would be okay with, personally. Basically just wool and honey, honestly.
Until then. The only wool I own is the socks I got years before I was vegan.
There is no way to consentually take something when the animal is completely dependent on you for their survival