The new £5 notes contain animal fat

I was at a friend’s house the other day. She offered me Jello. She said vegans can eat Jello, “… there’s nothing in there, right?” She was aghast when I told her what Jello was made from; to quote Merriam-Webster: glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by boiling. Okay, so there’s pulverized hooves in Jello. Vegans won’t eat that. They can easily avoid that, but if you are a vegan for ethical reasons, how would you feel if the currency notes that you deal with had animal products embedded. Well, the new £5 notes came out in the UK and they have