>While this doesn't specifically say the bison are >slaughtered and THEN >shorn, the fact that the hides are salted after the hair is >collected >strongly argues for dead fiber collection...
We were just kind of wondering - there IS a large trade (worldwide) in wool shorn from the skins of already dead sheep at the slaughterhouse - don't know just how it takes place, but the total description of this process for buffalo seemed to be leading there as well. Since buffalo leather is of excellent quality, the tanned hides need to be "shorn" at some time in the tanning process. Sara von Tresckow Fond du Lac, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our Web Site - Free Temple Plans & FLAXCAM http://www2.powercom.net/~sarav To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
