you guys are so funny.
of course the feathers are not "farmed". as you may know, almost all shuttles are manufactured from China, and the Chinese do raise geese for their meat (quite yummy one as well). and the by product of that is feather, and that's what the shuttles are made from.
now, i am not sure which one is worse, raising geese and plucking their feathers, or raising geese and killing them for meat.
ugh. now i realized that my fav sports relies on the by-product of killing other animals. my next jumpsmash will never feel the same again.
Incorrect.
LIVE geese are used to obtain feathers. The plucking of feathers causes extreme pain in the geese, and millions of feathers are plucked every week... On top of this, most the work is done in places like West Bengal, where their abuse of children used to make the shuttlecocks is well known.
Please read this, and many other informative articles. It is time to go synthetic, Goose and Duck feather use is obscene and immoral
https://www.firstpost.com/living/ba...ese-causing-much-pain-to-animals-3964761.html
Ah yes, preventing cruelty to animals - the most nefarious 'agenda'...What's the point of bringing up a thread from 2001? Your're not trying to drive meaningful discussion because you're just copying and pasting a paragraph to promote your agenda. The article you linked is not a credible source and reads like an opinion piece with zero sources. And YES Geese are killed for their meat and it's not done live because I've been to China and seen it.