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Does making silk harm animals?

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Does making silk harm animals?

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Yes. The silkworms weave a cocoon around themselves, in the same manner as caterpillars do, and in order to remove the silk, the worms are killed, by one of two heating processes, either stifling, or stoving. It is done before the pupa can break through the cocoon, and damage the silk.

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