RSL Badminton - Feather Processing

[@eswadi]

never see this before...thanx for the info..badminton very popular in my country

[@JMUDoc]

Fascinating - and this is all BEFORE the shuttles are even made.

[@whiskeyburns5230]

Even shuttle cocks are not guilt free

[@Jakob172]

The first stage is violently ripping them out of the skin of live animals. I guess you missed that part ...

[@lordisback1947]

Badminton originated in India and was called Poona which was later taken by British officers who colonised India and took it to Britain which is wrongly described as British game. Badminton along with chess, Kabaddi, kho kho, hockey , etc all originated in India

[@fishyboopkins1336]

No

[@fataljed]

i noticed they skipped 'extraction' lol, hopefully its not too brutal. Thank god for cheap labour, shuttlecocks would be 100 bucks each if they were made in australia or american.

[@christianwolff1389]

Where do the feathers come from? How do the animals feel about their feathers being taken out with force? Or are they killed? 1 living being = 1 shuttlecock?

[@s1udgeguts]

How very interesting, I note how they 'conveniently' skipped over the part where LIVE geese are pinned down, their wings outstretched and DOZENS of feathers are brutally plucked from the wings - despite the fact that ONLY SIX feathers can used from each wing - and the wings then bleed profusely whilst the geese scream in agony. then you have the many thousands of feathers that are thrown in the bin because they are deemed to be no good. Mind you, it's not like we have the technology to make a nylon version! Ooh, and let's not forget how there simply aren't enough geese in the world to supply the many shuttlecock factories, so you might find the cheaper ones using duck feathers (or anything else with white wings).

[@filipklc6381]

Poor animals ☹️☹️

[@deathmetalawakes]

Am I the only one feeling bad for the workers doing such precise and hard work for low pays?

[@lyclycsms]

where does the feather come from?

[@graperush]

Goose

[@garrygill9497]

Thet are plucking from Gosse etc and they are alive so u can think of pain animals have BUY NYLON

[@rext0r670]

@@garrygill9497 Indeed, i work at a badminton sportcenter in sweden and when an intermediate badminton player would like to transfer to real feather, ill show em a video of how the feathers are ripped their bodies, they most of the time like "oh, yeah... ill continue with nylon". And im like "BINGO!" :D

[@pngpng5411]

China

[@محمدمنعم-ه9م]

@@rext0r670 I would like to participate in tournaments such as the Olympics, and I want to know whether there are companies that do not use this inhumane method, and whether the Olympic shuttles are used by companies that use humane methods or not. Thank you.

[@benx0]

RSLInternational - please can you describe the welfare standards for your birds? And how traumatic for the birds is the plucking process? Thanks.

Birds are DIGESTED by the time the feathers are PROCESSED

[@jonhudson9489]

Don't think that feathers are just a harmless by product after the bird has been killed for meat. They pluck live birds and leave them in agony. It's incredibly cruel.

[@missisya]

never seen this before.

[@hamdashakia154]

sejarah

[@SRKarting]

Fuck me what some boring jobs, the mundaneness might drive people crazy. Wondered if they’re whipped and belted if they dont work quick enough.

[@Badmintonforall]

on ne sait qui de la femme ou de l'oie est la plus à plaindre...

[@mikewang9394]

I would love work all day as a feather extractor

[@pcandyhk]

...the history of badminton can lead it back to China, there is a similar sport in china way earlier than the English play the 'thing' in their living room

[@epicethical5016]

workers? you feel sorry for workers? before you feel sorry about workers, why you not feel sorry about birds that are killed for this so called 'professional' shuttlecocks... poor birds ..... :(

[@stroshow5]

Epic Ethical lol the birds were eaten for food so they would have been killed anyways. Ive always wondering what vegans thought about badminton.

[@mukarji]

Lol if you think animals are killed for this your deluded.

[@JM-ml3ch]

Idk if living in pain from getting ur hair plucked is worse than dying fast

[@s1udgeguts]

They aren't killed though, the birds are well and truly alive when the dozen or so feathers are forcefully plucked from each wing

[@YapaYapaYap]

Birds are not killed.. Their feathers are just plucked

[@garrygill9497]

When they pluck feather, it causes unbearable pain to animals and sometimes the got paralyzed due to fear😢😢

[@jeripermana430]

This is an irony

[@pngpng5411]

90% female workers.

[@JM-ml3ch]

They left out the plucking brutality. Buy nylon

[@giselheril1008]

Minta no wa nya dong.. saya mw beli bulu entok