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 Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:04 pm
Would it be wrong for a Vegetarian or Vegan to collect shells from a beach.
I do understand that Vegans do not agree with products from animals, and vegetarians dont eat animals, wear leather or fur from a dead animal.
But what about sea shells?
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:02 pm
I do take some from the beach but I only take a few and I check that they are empty.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:51 am
I take the ones I find on the beach...Empty,of course 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:15 pm
If they're empty already, then why let them go to waste? They're puuuurrdy. heart
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:43 am
When I lived in Florida, we learned all about this.
From a vegetarian standpoint, no, it shouldn't be wrong to take a seashell off the beach, as it is already dead.
However, from an environmental standpoint, it can be harmful to collect too many shells. See, it is actually the grinding down and wearing away of shells that actually makes the sand on the beach, or so I'm told. Some sea animals use the dead shells as homes or camoflage. And also, seashells, living or dead, are still a part of the fragile ecosystem of the beaches, so it is best to just error on the side of caution and just limit your collection to one or two shells at the most.
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:58 pm
collecting sea shells is like collecting dead skin, except way less disgusting- the animal has shed it, and you're not being, un-vegan unless you rip it out of it's shell. It's just going to turn into part of the sand if you don't collect it.
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:53 pm
I agree with Hlessirah. It might be ok from a veg standpoint. But it probably isn't good from an environmental standpoint.
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:09 pm
I have fond memories of searching for sand dollars as a child. I can't imagine anything being wrong with taking some seashells provided that the animal is dead. Do you really think it would pose much of a threat to the environment? I don't think it's any more harmful than collecting pretty pebbles, unless of course you're talking about the commercial trade of seashells.
I would just like to remind everyone that the seashells sold in tourist shops were taken from live animals, probably not from anywhere near the beach you were visiting. (You used to be able to buy queen conch shells all up the New England coast. Apparently they're now an endangered species.)
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I know a guy who has an enormous (about 8 square inches) chunk of probably endangered coral, which he found half buried in some mud about 50 miles inland from the coast of East Africa. It probably fell out of some smuggler's truck. I have no idea how the hell he got it past customs, he says he was scared shitless he'd be caught. I don't know why I'm telling you this, other than the fact that it is strange.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:46 am
I also agree with Hlessirah. In the long run, it can create an impact that doesn't stand for what you believe in. I just wouldn't take too many. Also, I think vegans definitely have the same standards that vegetarians have in sea-shell collecting, because most vegans care about by-products that are produced or gotten in an inhumane way. You're not abusing or murdering any animals to get the shells off their backs (or, at least, I hope you're not o.o). But just remember not to take too many, or you might be taking a home (the shell), and eventually maybe a habitat, away from animals.
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:34 pm
I don't see anything wrong with picking up an empty shell as a memento of a special beach visit, but buying shells, taking them from animals, or taking too many should definitely be avoided.
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