Description: Looking for a new wool coat, scarf, or sweater? Many sheep are abused by the cruel wool industry for these items. Find out more and see alternatives.
Sheep are gentle, loving animals who—just like humans—experience fear, stress, and pain. Much of the world’s wool comes from sheep who undergo “ mulesing ,” a painful procedure in which Australian farmers cut chunks of skin and flesh from sheep’s backsides, often without any pain relief, in a crude and cruel attempt to prevent a maggot infestation called “ flystrike .” Humane methods of flystrike prevention—such as closer monitoring of sheep and breeding sheep who are less susceptible to flystrike—are avail
Every year, 4 million live sheep used by the Australian wool industry are exported by ship to the Middle East and North Africa for slaughter . Many of these sheep have been discarded by wool farmers because they have aged and their wool production has declined. Sheep are crowded together on multi-tiered ships for horrifying journeys across the ocean in all weather extremes. They endure filthy conditions, and many succumb to disease or starve to death. The survivors are dragged from the ships by their legs a
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