This is dreadful. I cannot believe Starbuck's are getiing into it. People will buy this to show off, or to pose with some kind of idea of 'status'!
http://www.themostexpensivecoffee.com/ta...ks-coffee/
How utterly ridiculous, and how heartless also.
The Civet cat has a rotten time. The excretions of their anal glands are taken to use in the perfume industry, as a 'base fixing essence':
http://purrfumery.com/pages/animal-musks...of-perfume
(Quoted from the website above) "But there is nothing sexy about this simple truth: In order for a perfume to contain animal musk, an animal must either be tortured or killed, or often both."
Not so of course in perfumes with a "without cruelty" or "vegan" label.
It truly is amazing, what humans will come up with next to ensure that animals are tortured, held in slavery, or killed horrendously....for the sake of ego and 'exoticism' or something that tastes unusual.
There are some petitions:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/931/941/9...n-farming/
https://www.change.org/p/barack-obama-th...civet-cats
https://animalpetitions.org/4033/pledge-...ct-civets/
[This petition to Harrod's UK achieved its signature goal already: https://www.change.org/p/harrods-cut-the...kopi-luwak )
http://www.themostexpensivecoffee.com/ta...ks-coffee/
How utterly ridiculous, and how heartless also.
The Civet cat has a rotten time. The excretions of their anal glands are taken to use in the perfume industry, as a 'base fixing essence':
http://purrfumery.com/pages/animal-musks...of-perfume
(Quoted from the website above) "But there is nothing sexy about this simple truth: In order for a perfume to contain animal musk, an animal must either be tortured or killed, or often both."
Not so of course in perfumes with a "without cruelty" or "vegan" label.
It truly is amazing, what humans will come up with next to ensure that animals are tortured, held in slavery, or killed horrendously....for the sake of ego and 'exoticism' or something that tastes unusual.
There are some petitions:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/931/941/9...n-farming/
https://www.change.org/p/barack-obama-th...civet-cats
https://animalpetitions.org/4033/pledge-...ct-civets/
[This petition to Harrod's UK achieved its signature goal already: https://www.change.org/p/harrods-cut-the...kopi-luwak )
