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Animals News tagged with mulesing

Ask Talbots to Help End Australian Lamb Mutilation ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, mulesing, cruelty, suffering, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 112 days ago - secure.peta.org
Every year, millions of sheep in Australia are mutilated during a procedure called "mulesing." Many Australian farmers use shears to carve huge chunks of flesh from the sheep's backsides, while others use clamps similar to vise grips (known as "clips")
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Who'Ll Be Next to Snub Cruel Aussie Wool?
Animals  (tags: animals, wool, mulesing, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 114 days ago - blog.peta.org
Next! The British fashion giant Next, that is. The mega-retailer has announced that because the nefarious Australian wool industry has reneged on its promise to ban the mulesing mutilation (which involves hacking hunks of flesh off lambs' backsides) by
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ACTION ALERT: Ask Australian Prime Minister to End Lamb Mutilations!!!
Animals  (tags: australian wool industry, prime minister, mulesing, cruelty, suffering, mutilations )

Simone
- 118 days ago - secure.peta.org
Prominent Australian wool producers are pushing for the continued mutilation of millions of lambs each year--without any painkillers--despite previous promises to end the mulesing practice by 2010. Mulesing is a gruesome procedure in which farmers use
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World's Largest Australian Wool Buyer Pushes for An End to Mulesing Mutilation
Animals  (tags: animals, mulesing, cruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, suffering )

Cher
- 132 days ago - blog.peta.org
The pressure is on for the Australian wool industry! Jiangsu Sunshine Group, a $1.8 billion Chinese textile company, is the world's largest buyer of Australian wool--and it's calling on the Aussie wool industry put an end to mulesing.
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China Push to End Mulesing
Animals  (tags: animals, mulesing, cruelty, suffering, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
- 134 days ago - weeklytimesnow.com.au
AUSTRALIA'S largest wool buyer, China's Sunshine Group, has demanded Australian wool growers abandon mulesing.
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Mulesing : PLEASE TAKE POLL!!!!
Animals  (tags: animals, cruelty, mulesing, AnimalWelfare, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 134 days ago - weeklytimesnow.com.au
Should the 2010 mulesing deadline be extended?
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Take Action ! Please Urge the Australian Prime Minister to Outlaw Mulesing Now !
Animals  (tags: lambs, cruelty, Australia, mulesing, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, AnimalCruelty )

Cher
- 272 days ago - action.peta.org.uk
Following discussions with PETA US about the cruelty of Australian wool, Swedish-based international retail giant H&M has pledged to source more of its wool from other countries and ensure that any Australian wool it purchases comes only from farmers
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Take Action! Urge Australian PM to Stop Lamb Mutilations!
Animals  (tags: lambs, mutilation, Australia, mulesing, wool, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 272 days ago - action.peta.org.uk
Prestigious retailers and fashion designers - including Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M and dozens of other major retailers across Europe and the US - have joined the movement to stop buying wool from lambs who have endured mulesing mutilations.
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Wool Producers to Vote on Mulesing Ban ~ Video
Animals  (tags: australia, live stock, sheep, mulesing, abuse, AnimalCruelty, animalwelfare, suffering, protection )

Jacquelin
- 372 days ago - abc.net.au
Tomorrow a national vote by Australian wool producers will decide the future of mulesing, when sheep farmers elect members of the Australian Wool Innovation board.
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Major UK Retailer Boycotts Aussie Wool
Animals  (tags: australia, england, livestock, sheep, wool industry, mulesing, boycott, AnimalWelfare, abused, animalcruelty )

Jacquelin
- 610 days ago - thewest.com.au
A major British clothing retailer has joined the growing international corporate boycott of Australian wool amid concerns about mulesing. Matalan, a discount chain with about 200 stores across Britain, agreed to the move after meeting with animal right
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No Mandate on Pain Reliever
Animals  (tags: australia, livestock, sheep, mulesing, pain, pain relief, AnimalCruelty, abused )

Jacquelin
- 615 days ago - theage.com.au
THE Minister for Agriculture, Tony Burke, has ruled out making the use of pain relief compulsory for mulesing to appease European retailers boycotting Australian wool. Woolgrowers and buyers have called on the Government to enforce the use of pain reli
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Wool Industry Granted Reprieve
Animals  (tags: australia, live stock, sheep, woolindustry, mulesing, pain, suffering, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, ban, pain relief )

Jacquelin
- 616 days ago - theage.com.au
AUSTRALIA'S embattled wool industry has received encouragement after some European retailers agreed to lift their bans on Australian wool if pain relief was used during mulesing. More than 60 European retailers have boycotted Australian wool in the pas
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Swedish Protests to Target Mulesing in Australia
Animals  (tags: sweden, australia, sheep, mulesing, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, abuse, protection, sadness, wool industry, embassy, animal advocates )

Jacquelin
- 617 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
Animal rights activists will stage a demonstration outside the Australian Embassy in Sweden to protest against mulesing in the wool industry. Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Animal Rights Sweden dressed as farmers and
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Swedish Protests to Target Mulesing
Animals  (tags: mulesing, sheep, Peta, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection )

Cher
- 618 days ago - news.com.au
ANIMAL rights activists will stage a demonstration outside the Australian embassy in Sweden to protest against mulesing in the wool industry. Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Animal Rights Sweden dressed as farmers and
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Take Action: Ask Australian Prime Minister to End Lamb Mutilations
Animals  (tags: cruelty, animalsuffering, abused, AnimalWelfare, sheep, lambs, australia, mulesing, humans, protection, society, sadness, suffering, AnimalCruelty, animaladvocates )

Thunderr
- 709 days ago - getactive.peta.org
Prominent Australian wool producers are pushing for the continued mutilation of millions of lambs each year,without any painkillers,despite previous promises to end the mulesing practice by 2010.Mulesing is a gruesome procedure in which farmers use garden
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