Apparently you've never had a pet. If you had one, you'd understand why this is so disgusting. The unconditional love and intelligence is something you have to experience.
"Among the animals residing in our home are two rabbits. Yet I don't go aghast that folks use rabbit fur for cover, just because I prefer to harvest my Angora's for wool and keep them living. "
Removing the fur of an angora does the pet a favor. Rabbits aren't domesticated pets and lack the intelligence and affection that dogs and cats possess. While I wouldn't eat a rabbit, I don't object to people eating rabbits or fowl for that matter.
"One of my neighbor's has 3 decorative pet sheep, who give the yard a bucolic look. I suppose it's horrible their daughter sports a nice lambskin jacket made from some anonymous donor."
If you think it's great to skin a lamb, so be it. I think it is barbaric and unnecessary. Maybe she ought ot look into sporting a humam skin jacket.