STOP THE BARBARIC TREATMENT THEY USE ON SHEEP TO GET WOOL

 STOP THE BARBARIC  WAY THESE SHEEP ARE  PUNCHED KICKED BEATEN AND TORTURED TO  GET WOOL FOR JUMPERS ECT  STOP THE SELLING IN SHOPS UNTILL THESE ARE TREATED AND SHEARED PROPERLY

Shearers are usually paid by volume, not by the hour, which encourages fast work without regard for the welfare of the sheep. One eyewitness said, “[T]he shearing shed must be one of the worst places in the world for cruelty to animals … I have seen shearers punch sheep with their shears or their fists until the sheep’s nose bled. I have seen sheep with half their faces shorn off ….”

In Australia, where more than 50 percent of the world’s merino wool—which is used in products ranging from clothing to carpets—originates, lambs are forced to endure a gruesome procedure called “mulesing,” in which huge chunks of skin are cut from the animals’ backsides, often without any painkillers.Shearers are usually paid by volume, not by the hour, which encourages fast work without regard for the welfare of the sheep. One eyewitness said, “[T]he shearing shed must be one of the worst places in the world for cruelty to animals … I have seen shearers punch sheep with their shears or their fists until the sheep’s nose bled. I have seen sheep with half their faces shorn off …

 



  

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