A news item: 'Silk has come under fire from animal rights activists.' Why?

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To obtain silk, silkworm cocoons are boiled in hot water to kill the silkworm. Animal rights activists insist that boiling silkworms alive to kill them is cruel. As a result, silk has come under fire from animal rights activists.

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