{"id":48871,"date":"2020-11-27T13:38:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T13:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=48871"},"modified":"2020-11-27T19:34:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:34:33","slug":"ankara-or-angora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/11\/ankara-or-angora\/","title":{"rendered":"Ankara or Angora  \u201cCaveat Emptor\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A breed of Rabbit<br \/>\nAssociated originally with Turkey<br \/>\nThat was taken over to France<br \/>\nIn 1723<br \/>\nTheir Royal Family loved their silky<br \/>\nSoft fur and it seems from where<br \/>\nAnother ten varieties were born<br \/>\nAnd one remains still there<\/p>\n<p>these days it is margin<br \/>\nAnd profit and a way<br \/>\nOf costs staying competitive<br \/>\nAnd Rabbits of course must pay<br \/>\nA full coat takes about Six months<br \/>\nBut Its harvested in three<br \/>\nSheared off, combed off, or plucked out<br \/>\nAnd very Painfully<br \/>\nIn China where its piece work<br \/>\nAnd no one seems to care<br \/>\nWhether it hurts hearing the blurts<br \/>\nThe cries the screams aware<br \/>\nThat ripping hair from tender bodies<br \/>\nReally causes grief<br \/>\nAnd heartless ignorant cretins<br \/>\nWho just have the belief<\/p>\n<p>The stores here yea they negotiate<br \/>\nPrices just as low<br \/>\nAnd who will suffer the rabbits<br \/>\nAnd the workers yes we know<br \/>\nThat suffering for sufferings sake<br \/>\nFor pulling a fast one does<br \/>\nGet 12 to 18 ounces<br \/>\nThe workers get a buzz<\/p>\n<p>But the victims they get torn about<br \/>\nIts unbelievable pain<br \/>\nDone with vile irreverence<br \/>\nOver and over again<br \/>\nScant respect is called for<br \/>\nDisparagement as well<br \/>\nGetting paid on piece work rates<br \/>\nWho cares if its hell<br \/>\nThe victims no one understands<br \/>\nAnd they can be eaten too<br \/>\nWringing their necks<br \/>\nAnd cleaning the decks<br \/>\nAnd doing what people do<\/p>\n<p>Peta showed it happens<br \/>\nThey visited and saw<br \/>\nThe iniquity the factories<br \/>\nAll the blood and gore<br \/>\nMulesing pulls great lumps of skin<br \/>\nTears and required stitching<br \/>\nIts really the cruelest outcome<br \/>\nJust listening to them bitching<br \/>\nBuy angora clothing<br \/>\nFrom China or  Japan<br \/>\nIs really asking for karmic debt<br \/>\nAnd,  a total ban<br \/>\nClearly it lacks all thought<br \/>\nWith Blood stains everywhere<br \/>\nThe cries they just go through you<br \/>\nAnd create the worse despair<\/p>\n<p>These are godly creatures<br \/>\nThey never did any wrong<br \/>\nPeaceful gentle little souls<br \/>\nWho just do not belong<br \/>\nIn what is  a battle<br \/>\nWretches pulling hard<br \/>\nWounding bleeding screaming<br \/>\nAnd no way they can guard<br \/>\nThemselves against these injuries<br \/>\nIts just brutality<br \/>\nIgnorance and evil<br \/>\nAnd contempt  its so paltry<br \/>\nSpurned despised and underrated<br \/>\nIts wicked and it must<br \/>\nBe stopped this isnt moral<br \/>\nIt fills me with disgust<\/p>\n<p>And buyers completely ignorant<br \/>\nOf whats gone on before<br \/>\nNeed  their angora jumpers<br \/>\nAnd cruelty they ignore<br \/>\nAs long as they have their angora<br \/>\nHowever cruel it was<br \/>\nThey carry on asking for it<br \/>\nAnd really thats because<\/p>\n<p>If they could only witness it<br \/>\nWitness the torture<br \/>\nand hear<br \/>\nthe dreadful agonising<br \/>\nScreams<br \/>\nOf suffering and fear<br \/>\nAnd sample the  agony<br \/>\nThey just might understand<br \/>\nHow Karma will be waiting for them<br \/>\nAnd they may not then feel so grand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A breed of Rabbit Associated originally with Turkey That was taken over to France In 1723 Their Royal Family loved their silky Soft fur and it seems from where Another ten varieties were born And one remains still there these &hellip; 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