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PETA Campaign: Merino Wool

Singer Pink and PETA have spoken out about mutilation and unethical treatment of Sheep in Australia. PETA’s campaign Save the Sheep.com details the suffering of Sheep for the farming of wool, and how the Sheep are mutilated by having chunks of skin and flesh ripped away from their bodies and are given no pain relief. PETA have posted a video detailing the practice.

Sheep that do not provide enough wool are transported in horrific conditions and are then slaughtered inhumanely in open air markets.

The campaign is asking consumers to check labels on items of clothing before buying. They urge people who see clothes made from wool either in Australia or containing the Merino wool label to not buy these products.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 25th, 2007 at 1:21 pmand is filed under Animal Welfare. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “PETA Campaign: Merino Wool”

1. A Scott Says:
   January 30th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

   This is awful and I had no idea. Is there anywhere to get merino wool roving where this practice has not been used or is this common practice throughout? Is it just Australia?

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