Bone tissue is ground to make the necessary ingredients for some of the world's finest china. If they check their purse or wallet, it's quite possible it's made from sheep leather. On a cold day they may even need to put on their wool-lined gloves and jackets before leaving the house. Of course, many pants, suits, sweaters, socks, ties, shirts, underwear, skits, blouses and other types of clothing are made of wool. Driving to work also involves sheep products.
Many drivers sit on sheepskin seat covers for comfort.
If consumers have a really nice car with leather upholstery, it came from animals and some of them may be sheep. In addition, stearic acid obtained from the animal's fat is added to car tires to make them run cooler. Glycol, another animal-based chemical, is found in brake fluid and glycerol is one of the main ingredients to make asphalt stick together. If they listen to the radio on the way to work or take in a concert later in the evening, they are hearing sheep in action. Sheep by-products are used to make strings for instruments such as violins and heads for drums.