Animal welfare groups and a rural lobby group have attacked the decision by the Australian wool industry to abandon plans to phase out the controversial practice of mulesing. Mulesing involves cutting ...

To mules or not to mules — it is a vexed issue for any woolgrower. Loading... The controversial practice involves removing the skin around the breech, or anus, and the tail area of the sheep. The ...

THE Australian wool industry has dumped a long-standing pledge to phase out mulesing by the end of 2010, a move that has outraged animal welfare groups and led to criticism by some farmers. The ...

Following months of deliberations, the Australian Wool Exchange has decided not to make any changes to the National Wool Declaration’s (NWD) current definitions for non-mulesed and mulesed wool. The ...

In signing the Four Paws letter, Mango joins more than 90 international fashion brands and retailers such as Adidas, Zara, Patagonia and Kathmandu that have agreed to eliminate mulesing from their ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Australian Wool Growers Association chairman Martin Oppenheimer said he expected Australian producers to have found alternatives to ...

Wool growers face hefty fines for failing to treat mulesed sheep for pain relief, under new animal cruelty regulations drafted by the Victorian Government. Under the draft regulations released for ...

Mulesing has long been in the firing line from animal activists, with the process, which involves cutting skin from around the breach area of sheep, perceived to be cruel. Since July 1, pain relief is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A US-based animal rights group is claiming a major legal victory over Australian woolgrowers. People for the Ethical Treatment of ...

I would like to set the record straight regarding the false and simplistic statements made in Paula Hough's letter ("Benetton guilty of woolly thinking on mulesing", January 28). Despite serious ...

THE Australian wool industry has dumped a long-standing pledge to phase out mulesing by the end of 2010, a move that has outraged animal welfare groups and led to criticism by some farmers. The ...