How To Harvest Angora Rabbit Fiber - UrbanFarmOnline.com
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Keeping angora rabbits for fiber can be a rewarding activity for urban farmers, especially as people are growing crazy for fiber arts. Because angora rabbits are small and quiet, they are ideal livestock for people who live in close quarters. Plus, they're easy to care for, needing only daily feeding and weekly grooming.
Harvesting angora wool is simple, and the product can easily become an additional source of income for your household. Watch the video above to find out how easy it is to harvest angora fiber.
People freaking, chill. The rabbit is not in pain this woman is lovingly grooming her pet. This is NOT animal cruelty. If only all angora farms were like this instead of ripping it out.
+drfeelgood936 let´s just say this is the only way i would buy angora wool. if it comes from rabbits raised that way.
just never buy angora from a chain or big stores. then yes they are probably badly treated and coming from country were they don´t care how to treat animals. this woman knows how to do it.
I was considering buying angora wool. Its bang for your buck
I hate seeing animal cruelty videos
@@AudreySeybold these rabbits are actually uncomfortable when their fur grows beyond a couple inches - the rabbit is loving it
@@AudreySeybold Oh shaving is an act of cruelty now?
What a pleasure to see this bring done correctly and not being pulled out. Thank you for your kindness.
I was thinking this exactly
+7895NyCa i was thinking that too
I have seen somewhere they were pulling a alive rabbit's fur ,, y do the do that ? I mean to ask y do they pull the fur being rabbit?
If you don’t like the suffering of these animals don’t support the industry that sells their fur. They always come from abuse and torture. They are not going to wait 5 months like this lady did to get the shedding fur, and they also don’t want to get tons more animals b/c that means for food and water that they have to waste on and cages .
@@kaylagaguancela2431 if you have a list of companies that are not kind to the angora rabbit, please post it so we can all blast them on their cruel practices. Thank you.
This is humane as dogs being groomed. People are stereotyping too much on the "abuse". Go see actual videos wherein angora rabbits are being literally abused, screaming in pain, in China factories. Your comments are more appropriate there. Do something and act. Rather than leaving pity comments without any action.
The way we can act is by not buying those products
katsan88 yes buying from local small farmers is better than from factories.
Calm down. This "animal abuse" is no different than shearing a sheep or a llama. I agree that the company in China is horrible and I want it to stop, but this really? She didn't even tie it the rabbit down with a rope. She just left it there. Was it screaming in pain? No. Was it trying to get away? No. It's also probably relieved to get rid of some of that fur. I know real animal abuse, but when people get so sensitive I get annoyed. By the way thanks for posting, I'm deciding to keep a few angoras and use their fiber for hats and clothes and things.
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Exactly! Angoras actually need to get rid of some of that hair sometimes. If you don't do this once in a while, they try to groom themselves and can eat their hair and get very sick. People need to focus on the REAL animal abuse in the world, and stop getting upset over someone taking good care of their pet.
The rabbit knows what's going on and that he will not be harmed.
Guys, y'all need to chill out XD
this lady is harvesting the rabbit's fur the PROPER WAY. There's a huge difference here. The rabbit is not in pain it's in good hands.
Thank you for at least treating your bunnies with love and respect! I have seen some really horrific videos on angora harvesting! I know they are being taken care of by you because you don't have them tied down and they aren't running, plus they seem to love you petting them. :) Unlike a lot of people out there I understand the need for the planet to have as little use of synthetics as possible (Including in the case of fabrics). All these man-made chemicals are destroying the environment. This video has healed my anxieties a bit more about the treatment of animals by humans for goods purposes. I am so thankful!
Obviously well fed, well loved, pampered pet that earns his keep. Plushy life for a plushy bunny. Nice video, thank you.
She's giving it a haircut.
And using the hair.
I loved watching how calm your rabbit was as you collected its excess fur! Now, I can really think about having rabbits on my homestead - a "no-kill" way of enjoying their company, their manure, and an amazing side-product I can knit with. Thank you SO much!
Im an animal lover myself.. but I dont see anything wrong with this at all shes doing just grooming the rabbit... its just like taking your dog to the groomers the groomers do the same thing I know cause I use to work as a dog bather... its not like shes killing the rabbit and actualy shedding of the whole skin from the rabbit... you people are over reacting!
Heck in fact NOT grooming the animal is DEFINITELY animal abuse so yea she is NOT abusing that rabbit
I totally agree but buying angora fur is promoting and establishing demand for it. Which then makes people go to extreme lengths to get more and more because of consumers, which then leads to animal abuse and angoras suffering. . Their fur pulled from their skin where they scream in paint b/c of it. I don’t see anything wrong with the video tho. If I had any pet I would groom it too.
Kayla Gaguancela so one best way to prevent such extremes at least in the US is establish laws to protect them, there are laws for Lobsters to prevent them from being over hunted, so if someone has a Angora Rabbit farm, they would need background checks, inspections on their well being and treatments and if any of these are violated then yank the license and make sure this person NEVER touches an animal again
Bunny: "Human, I'll sit here and stay still as long as you want as long as you promise to PLAY WITH MAH EARS!!!"
People losing their shit over this video need to get a damn clue!!! Most are people that just saw the PETA vid of the poor rabbit being ripped of its coat. This woman is procuring what she wants from her rabbit ETHICALLY!
People need to stop immediately jumping on the ignorant bandwagon and do their research. After watching the pets video I immediately looked up procuring angora fiber from rabbits and came across this video. Very educational and this woman is knowledgeable.
If people are bitching about this then they need to bitch about shearing Sherpa, llamas, alpacas and idiots that shave dogs that naturally are hairy.
Thank you for being so go to your rabbits! Wish all people collect their fur the way you do.
omg this rabbit is fine. he almost seems to enjoy it! hes not tied down, he can get away at any time. I have chinchillas at home, if it was as simple as cutting their fur id do it. however its not necessary and illogical for my pets though i think we all agree a pair of chinchilla fur socks would be awesome in the winter if harvested humanely. if i could follow this procedure without freaking out my babies i would do it. i dont think the problem is the world is anti-fur, we're anti-fur thats been harvested at the cost of the animals life.
By the logic of the commenters, giving your kid a haircut is child abuse.
That's if you have your child only to use their hair for some kind of clothes. Maybe these animals should not be used for their fur, even though it may not be hurting them, which you are not really even sure about.
Dave Bleicher at least watch the video before you spout peta level ignorance
Dave Bleicher angora rabbits need to have their coat trimmed/combed/otherwise reduced in size. If you don’t, they’ll A. Overheat and B. Die of wool block, which is when they get a fur ball stuck in their digestive tract while grooming themselves (they do it how cats do) and since they are unable to digest the fur or cough it up, they die of starvation. Same with sheep (re: overheating)
@@DaveBleicher the owner is caring for them properly and cutting their fur for use. It's give and take relationship...heck like all relationships. Are you not for sharing with all creatures, human and animal?
Dave, that's ridiculous. So, it's not abuse if we throw it out? Only becomes abuse once we use the discarded hair? That's absurd.
its important to groom this rabbit to avoid matting and its a safe way to use animal fur but in chinese factories sadly angoras are tied up by their limbs and have their fur ripped out of their skin. this is a very safe and humane method.
You have to remember that these are her pets, and she loves them, too. She doesn't want to hurt them for a profit. I have to do this to my cat, it just happens that her hair is not soft. Lol.
Very informational video. I just bought a very old angora sweater from the 40s and it is the softest thing ever. It was not made in a Chinese factory, so please, save your comments. When humanely done, the Angora is happy and healthy as seen in the video ❤️
thank you for not pulling the fur out or tying it's legs to remove fur.. I hate to see rabbits screaming in pain and it literally makes me cry and makes me wanna hold them or take them away from cruel people.. I just loved your way of removing fur.. I think your rabbit is happy and healthy.. keep up the good work of breading..
I love that you encourage safe housing of these rabbits, and humane treatment! 🐇
Amazing video! I was able to harvest my turtle's fur
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This is the proper way! She is petting him, is careful not to so much reach skin level. The Rabbit is obviously relaxed, he’s not trying to get away, not trying to bite, nor is he stiffening up. He’s okay! I wish all harvesting of Angora was done with such care.
So happy that this lady treat this angora rabbit with so much of love... I've seen peta's video they r showing the cruelty as hell omg my heart was just in pieces but this video gave me hope
Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video. Very informative and humane. We just purchased a nice angora and he's ready for a clipping. This helps.
Shearing the angora properly! Thank you so much! The bunny looks happy!
u did it in more humane way//i too like this angora farming nw
This is so much nicer than what i have seen from china or some harvest methods.. some people rip the skin and fur right off the rabbits while alive. if all fur recover was this humane
if they rip it off along with the skin. . . .how they could expect the rabbit could grow the fur again? or after the harvest the fur. they "harvest" the meat?
The peta video has me very depressed. Thank you for your kindness to these animals
It's not that angora wool is cruel period, what is actually cruel is when one harvests the wool in a way that makes the animal feel pain. This is NOT cruel by any means, the rabbit is not in pain and is given ideal care. Anyone who wants angora wool should make sure that the angora product didn't come from someone who treated their rabbits cruely
And that place is China where 90% of Angora comes from. They don,t care a shit how they treat these quiet and helpless Angora Rabbits. Unimaginable suffering and cruelty committed against helpless and innocent animal is all they know about. They don,t know what respect or compassion towards helpless animals mean. So don,t buy anything made out of Angora. There are other substitutes that are just as good.
Right, China isn't even very kind enough to their people let alone animals. It's a sad reality that cruelty is still here
I'm so glad this rabbit is treated so well. It is loved I can tell.💜💜
By far the best way to clip Angora rabbits. Glad to see you don't stretch them and shear them with sheep clippers like they do in Waitomo, New Zealand
I don't understand the bleeding heart vegans on this video. Wool rabbits are not slaughtered like meat or fur rabbits, they are clipped a couple times a year. In exchange they get reliable access to food and shelter from predators. If you think living 'in the wild' is some romantic, healthy thing, remember that life for prey animals in the wild is constant stress and usually ends in a violent death.
I have seen it. It is NOT how angora wool is normally harvested, at all. Plucking a rabbit like that is cruel but also poor business practice - if your rabbit dies from stress or pain, where do you get more wool? If you pluck the entire pelt, all your fiber grades will be mixed together and worth less. No one harvests their wool like this except this one Chinese factory, and PETA has gone and made everyone panic about angora when it is a humane practice everywhere else, and many people's livelihoods depend on it.
Laurel O'Brien
Go look at how they are treated in factories in China. You seriously cannot defend that and be a reasonable, caring human being.
Peter Banner I already commented that I watched that video. That video is NOT how angora is harvested anywhere else, it is unnecessary and frankly doesn't make any business sense to stress out and kill your animals when you can harvest pain-free very easily. It is cruel and out of the norm. I don't defend it, but I deny that it reflects the actual angora market.
Laurel O'Brien Living in the wild means that you are free. Living for the angora "production" means that you are captured and being exploited. Why not live and let them live, too, and wear animal-free products? And some words to the "business": You know that you're living in a capitalistic world, don't you? Buisiness man or workers do not care about pain they do not feel. They just care about the money in their pockets. It's all about maximizing the profits. That's why western corporations produce in countries like China. Cheap workers, less or no environmental constraints, no laws on animal rights - and altogether this means much more money on the one hand and brutal exploitation on the other. Just saying I deny that the actions in the peta video are common practice, is poor argumentation and ignores the capitalistic practice of maximizing the profits - especially when you consider that China produces 90% of angora and that peta delivers a video of that country.
She said she hasn't sold any yet. Not that she couldn't. She even talked about how she's going to base the prices for it once she starts selling it. She probably has had plans for all that she harvested so far and will start selling it once her needs have been filled.
Thank god there are angora rabbit fur famers who harvest the fur the right way. I heard from PETA that some angora rabbit fur farms rip the fur from the rabbit's skin. I can't watch the video too upsetting.
Am a sheep farmer and fed up of hearing about this peta in uk you are not aloud to do a lot of things they do elsewhere like I can't kill a sheep for meat but I think in America you can and the Sheering has to be done for fly strike also any fur growing animal its cruel not to and most of these animal cruelty are abroad someone in Leeds tried preaching to me then when I told him I was a farmer called me a murderer until I hit him because he was scaring my granddaughter he was arrested for drugs also told me about pigs screaming in a abattoir outside Leeds told him that was closed and the video was in France he said how would I know because they were speaking french
@@richardboswell9306 Please know that I am "Not" an activist for PETA. I'm also not vegan I use & consume animal products, so I'm not against farming true that is. we're not designed to live on plant matter alone as a species we're omnivores. I'm so sorry to hear that you're not being allowed to be a farmer. You know something that these fanatics never want to face is so much wildlife is maimed & killed to protect human plant food. Going vegan is not the answer it will not magically turn this planet into a perfect utopian paradise.
Wow, thanks for oploding
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Thank you for a lovely video, you obviously really care about your beautiful rabbits. i love rabbits maybe I will have some for fiber since I am a vegetarian :))
Finally, a humane cutter.
She gentle to the rabbits!
Very good thanks for teaching people how to do it nicely people need to relax.
Keep it up
This is well done of angora rabbit fur so happy rabbit
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You have inspired me :) I love your video very informative thanks for sharing .
Very cool. I've been wanting to keep rabbits, but wanted them to be more than just pets. Since I'm too much of a wimp to slaughter and butcher for meat, I thought fiber bunnies may be the way to go. Looks like I may be onto something! GREAT VIDEO! :)
I have pluckable rabbits which means they start to shed and you can pull out the fiber they don't feel it I don't tie them down they just sit there and a lot of time they fall asleep it's like how some dogs like being pampered and groomed so do they.
I'm no expert, but I've heard that yes, angoras are famously calm and sit very well for grooming.
it's nice to see it done probably and treated with care
Pocket sheeps? Love it! Gonna use that term with my friend who has some angoras. She'll laugh. :D
Thank you for no harming the rabbit like some people do
Why can't the chinese do it like that.. Way more kind. :c
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please go away to try and troll someone who actually cares.
I wish every one would do it like this
thanks for not pulling the hair and instead taking it out with kindness. This is such a cruel world.
I have lionhead rabbits that have partial wool. Can that wool slso be harvested.
Beautiful rabbit, thank you for the video and thank you for taking good care of your sweet bunny. ❤️
Is Angora fur used by the fashion industry ethical? I just found a sweater at a thrift store that I really like the pattern of but feel weird about it because It’s made out of real fur. Seems kinda wrong because I don’t know how the animal was treated. But clearly you at least treat your animals with care and respect
thank you this is a good information for me how to cut angora rabbit's hair with scissors so they wont get hurt
this rabbit is happy! this is how it should be done!
awwwww!!! i love so muchhh this fluffy bunny bunny 😍😍😍
I have a pair of cashmere gloves--plain, thin gloves--that are incredibly warm even here in the frigid north, and I imagine that gloves and mittens knitted with yarn that is spun from wool and angora would be similar. It is encouraging to know that there may be some way to obtain humanely raised and sheared angora to spin in with the fleece that I also source from humane sheep owners. I'm hoping I can find some locally. It sure beats the plastics industry and industrial sheep ranches and rabbit farms.
Any reason electric razors/clippers aren't use?
What a gorgeous rabbit 😍
I learned that the fur is better stored in a cloth bag so it can breathe. Do you wash the fiber before you spin it? My last question is what kinds of dyes would you use to dye the fiber?
There are more than 4, Satins, Germans, Giant, French, English, Finnish, Chinese, the list goes one, but only the first 5 are found readily in the US.
unfortnatly a characteristic of the lionhead is they dont usually grow back their wool if it is cut or if they lose it if you want a small rabbit used just for wool i would reconmend a jersey wooly they dont produce an overwhelming amount of wool arent hard to maintan and and overall nice breed
Theirs a video on PETA that shows something not even close to this in the vid they actually yank the rabbits fur of to prevent from breakage
Because PETA fakes animal cruelty vidoes to further their agenda. I've seen that video and didn't believe it for a minute. A rabbit stripped like that wouldn't be able to produce a "farmable" product again for a long time (if ever). Please really look into PETA and their shady practices before believing what they "say".
SissyKool Are you the speaker of the animal abusers?
If the workers in Chinese angora factories would tread the rabbits in a gentle way, angora would be more expensive. The life of a rabbit is very cheap. Even if the rabbit would die, they wouldn't care because rabbits reproduce fast, their food costs nearly nothing and their tiny cages are made of wire or bamboo and can be used over and over again.
Can you explain why fur (which is really "in" in the last years and nearly everybody wears fur nowadays) is cheaper than fake fur? It's why animals are treated so bad in China.
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I think it's anti-PETA-propaganda what you tell us here. Look, the business with fur and angora is a good one for the sellers. The truth about fur and angora "production" is bad for their business, so I think that the fur and angora sellers want to disgrace PETA.
great information! I'm thinking of getting some bunnies one I learn how to spin! thanks!
did she mention which breed this one was? i have 4 french, and had 1 german. the german needs to be clipped (i used small scissors), because they don't shed. the french shed 3x a year so i just comb/brush the fiber out over a week period. i wonder if this one was an english... i blend it w/ fine wool and alpaca. fiber runs anywhere from $5-14 per oz on etsy. $8-10 is common for prime fiber. cheers!
Thank you for not strapping it down and ripping it out
Question:. Why not electric shears?
Very informative! I love the video!
so to be sure not to buy from china buy usa organic angora wool.
My jaws dropped as I was watching the size of fluffy rabbit. The rabbit is getting a hair cut to prevent over heating. and it is kind to aninals to shave their wools off.
How do you clip their stomach? I got 3 german angoras and one english, which I have some difficulties, trimming their stomach without cutting hole, so what is the best way to do so, without cutting hole or using the "streching-maschine" at the New Zealand farms?
Thank you for your time!
Amee hey i just came accros your commnent, i have 3 english angoras, and hoow i get their upper bodies are keeping them on a table and just put your hand or get somebody else to hold the rabbits upper body and lift it up so its standing up on 2 hind legs so it exposes their belly, dewflap, arms and all that area, for the bottom i put them on their back, search on youtube how to pt a rabbit on its back or something like that and you put their ears between your knees. i hope that helps, and soon im gonna do tutorials on how i clip wool :)
I understand that she is not harming the rabbit while taking it's fur like other places that tear the fur from the skin, but I still won't buy angora from anywhere because I cannot tell if a sweater was made from cruelty or not.
Tricia Kid buy from the person who raised the animals thats how you can tell
Very true! Gotta do that thorough research.
cute bunny! looks like my angora lionhead Yom!!!
Smart video and helpful.
Is this okay to do? As in is there any cruelty involved and is it good for the rabbit?
Thank You for Showing,
I raise rabbits and if you used sheep shears you would have to be VERY careful make sure it doesn't cut the skin or it will break the rabbits skin open easily.
Great video
Sure there are inhumane ways to harvest angora... but this clearly isn't one of them. The rabbit isn't being held down or cut too close. This is a fair trade transaction. The rabbit gets cool in the summer and protection from predators and free food and healthcare. And the woman is getting some wool. You can tell by the rabbits body language that him and the woman have clearly built an individual bond. Source thoroughly and carefully and you can make sure your dollar doesn't go to animal abuse. You might have to spend more but the quality will probably be way better since the rabbit had a higher quality of life than cheap factory angora.
He's so cyoot x
Do they always sit so quietly when they are being clipped?
Awwwww wittle bunny face!!
There is DEFINITELY a demand for angora fiber. I bought my rabbit as a pet AND fiber animal and I use the fiber as soon as it comes off the bunny and if I have any extra I sell it on Etsy or eBay or to spinning friends and it sells quickly. Why would you think there is no demand for it?
I have this albino short-haired rabbit and she sheds hair like crazy! It's so annoying. I wanted to give her a shave down for the summer since it's really hot, but then I heard you have to be careful not to cut their skin, so I might just take her to the groomer because I don't trust myself.
That is one happy bunny
im kind of confused about why my rabbit has medium/long fur. she is a mix of 4 breeds, all short fur. 1/2 harlequin, 1/3 polish, 1/3 new zealand, and 1/3 californian.
Not true. The reason clippers are not used it because rabbits skin is VERY thin and it's easy to knick and you have much less control over what the clipper does and much MORE control of the scissors.
I got today not sure what kind it is though
@MrFantabulousJohn yes you can
What do you do with it the wool?
There is one breed of Angora rabbit,A GERMAN ANGORA.i have a german angora.
@Spinkamer It isn't recognized by the ARBA thats why she left it out.
who buys this wool? can you make money at this? what does one rabbit bring in with wool revenue? thanks!
5:27 the lady randomly starts playing with the bunny's ears.
So glad to see the way You did IT. Just came from the video from China. Feel so bad for those.
Am proberly never going to buy a product made from Angora, because I would not know if its from the horendus animal abuse torture sites in China or not. :( :( :(
Soooooo fluuffffy
How many offsprings can they produce a year?
@Spinkamer I love my German.
God bless you, you are so sweet xxx
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Quickest way to make a hat with the fur is just to carry the rabbit on your head. =)
where do you get angora rabbits
So, since you don't answer anyone in the comment section, you didn't make the video to help people. Then why did you make it?
You say you raise them to sell the fur, but, you can't sell it. Then why do it if there is no demand for it?