08/12/2023
🌙 Delightful. It's bedtime. You fluff up your soft pillow a little more, dive in, and slip into a blissful dream. Or were your eyes closed all along, oblivious to reality?
🪶 As many know, down and feathers are often used to fill jackets, pillows, and duvets. Occasionally, a feather escapes, and you may not think much of it. Yet, these feathers once belonged to a living being, for whom they were crucial. Down is the softest type of feathers, primarily found on the chests of geese and ducks, making them particularly valuable for these dreadful industries.
While much down and feathers are removed during slaughter, it also occurs at various times while they are still alive. This allows for more frequent use, especially when they are young and have more down.
Plucking inflicts significant pain and suffering on geese and ducks. Typically lifted by their necks or delicate wings, physically restrained or tied, their feathers are mercilessly pulled from their skin. Often, the struggling birds are plucked so hard that their skin tears open. Hasty workers then sew up the wounds with needle and thread, without anesthesia (you can see it happen in the video). Plucking can begin when the animals are just 10 weeks old and is repeated every six weeks until they are slaughtered for meat, far before their natural lifespan. 💔
Buying down can also support the cruelty of the foie gras industry. Producers often boost profits by selling the feathers of force-fed ducks and geese. These birds endure tubes forced down their throats and their stomachs filled with so much corn mush that their livers swell to about 10 times their normal size, enabling foie gras production.
❌ Check the comments to see how these beautiful animals endure this horror. If you want to share this video too, go to my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ly5qpK3eT/?igshid=NTYzOWQzNmJjMA== () to share it from there.
Stop using down and feathers in your clothing, furniture, and bedding. Countless alternatives exist that cause no harm. Go vegan, so you can finally sleep really peacefully. ☁️
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