Is your shuttlecock vegan?

[robert99]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/sports/olympics/badmintons-shuttlecock-sports-gears-rare-bird.html
Only feathers from the left wings of geese are used in the tournament shuttles.

 

[Andy_T]

It always amazes me how for a precision piece like a shuttlecock animal-derived feathers are preferable to man-made materials. Surely it must be possible to produce shuttlecocks from synthetic material that have the same or better properties...

Shuttles made of goose feathers - a dilemma for vegetarians

Some promising development ...

Victor Carbonsonic - Synthetic Feathers by Victor