Stop the Mole Slaughter!

On a trip back to Australia, where I come from, I took the opportunity to buy some classic moleskin trousers from one of the famous R.M. Williams shops. An Amercian tourist standing next to me was horrified. "Moleskin trousers? They make trousers from the skin of moles?"
I tried to explain, that no, it's just a name for the type of material - heavy cotton with a fine pile on the inside which makes the trousers very comfortable for horseriding.
She wasn't listening to me, though. "I think it's disgusting that they kill the poor little things just to make clothes. It should be stopped."
I couldn't bother repeating myself. "Yeah, well it's a problem that they're so small since you need about fifty moles for a pair of trousers."
I probably won't be made an ambassador for Australia.

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