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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Well, I pluck my eyebrows, I can take the pain, but plucking thick hair all over the body, is a different story. Are they plucking just a few hairs at a time or are they going taking big wads of hair to go as fast as possible to get the job done? I'm not against using rabbits to eat; this isn't about that, I believe that there are ways to kill humanely. This is about plucking the hair out every few months. Wouldn't this hurt any animal with fur all over its body? I have nothing against them shaving the rabbits; I think plucking should be outlawed. |
They are not PLUCKING, PULLING, RIPPING, STRIPPING, JERKING fur!
Rabbits MOLT every 60-90 days, and in between the molting, which is like MASSIVE shedding on a long haired cat, they must be groomed at least every 4-6 days....they use a pin brush and brush the rabbits just like we do our long haired cats and dogs....they groom them and collect the fur they shed! Rabbits lick and groom themselves, like cats, and will get hairballs, but they cant vomit up the hairball and it can kill them if left untreated. So grooming is vitally important, and like show dogs, the effort must be put into maintaining and caring for and keeping these rabbits in the best possible condition.....savaging the rabbits to harvest the hair is unnecessary, and is not practiced outside of third world countries.....I guess the same countries that force children as young as 6 years old to work 18-20 hours a day in sweat shops, sewing clothes for stores all over the world, making a dollar a day salary. Harvesting the fur from these rabbits is akin to collecting fur that is loose and being shed! There is no need to forcibly pull it out, it is molted by the rabbit and collected by the farmer! They shave the legs if necessary, but no pulling hair out forcibly!