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From the selective breeding of silkworms that causes them disabilities; to crushing female moths in a mixer if found diseased; to storing male moths in a refrigerator to be taken out to mate again and again; to using fire to force silkworms out of the cocoon; the process of “ahimsa” silk production is no less cruel. Then why do producers of ahimsa silk claim there is no violence involved?
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It is claimed that in producing ahimsa milk, cows are not artificially inseminated, instead they are allowed to mate naturally. Calves are not separated from their mothers. Cows are milked by hand, not by machines. They are allowed to graze freely and not confined to sheds. They are not sent to slaughter at any stage of their life. Well, if this is the case, can we purchase ahimsa milk?
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