[Reader-list] Karakul , Rahul & Animal Rights

[Kshmendra Kaul]

I am simple minded.
 
I have often wondered about the Death Penalty to which I am totally opposed (for any kind of a crime whatsoever.)
 
Either you have the Death Penalty or you do not. If it exists, I see no difference whether the execution is carried out by a Lethal Injection, or by the Electric Chair, or the Gallows, or by Flogging, or by Stoning, or by Breaking Arms and Legs and Allowing to die of Heat or Cold.
 
Similarly, either you kill animals of a particular species or you do not. I do not see any difference between killing cattle for food (and using its hide for other purposes) and killing a fetus and using its hide for some purpose (Karakul cap).
 
There is nothing humane about killing. Thats all. How you kill does not matter.
 
But then I am simple minded
 
Kshmendra 
 
  

--- On Tue, 4/28/09, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
Subject: [Reader-list] Karakul , Rahul & Animal Rights
To: "reader-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 11:10 AM

  <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1956862.stm>
Rahul sported a " karakul " hat in Kashmir .

For those who do not know how a Karakul hat is made , should know that
Karakul has its origins in the cruel slaughter of sheep.

The karakul wool is made by beating a pregnant ewe till it aborts.

As soon as it aborts, the lamb that comes out has very curly tight hair.

"The lamb's skin remains curly and tight for the first 24 hours of its
life.
While still alive, the lamb's skin is stripped off and made into a cap.

"The mother which is forced to abort also dies,"

 Humane Society of the United States pointed out what it called the
"suffering, inhumane slaughter, and waste of lives behind karakul
fashions".




With inputs taken from BBC








For pictures : http://greaterkashmir.com/today/photo.asp?Date=28_4_2009

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090428/jsp/nation/story_10886500.jsp
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