Bribery Allegations Unravel Wool
Industry
An
exposé of an Australian wool industry representative
allegedly offering a bribe to a Swedish activist to
encourage her not to speak out about the cruelty in
Australia's sheep industry has gone to air in Sweden,
Finland, Norway and Denmark, and is soon to be aired in
Germany. Retail heavyweights throughout Europe have
responded to the ensuing consumer outrage at the cruelty of
mulesing, 'ultra-fine wool', and live exports by
instigating boycotts ... a reminder that it is the power of
informed consumer choice that will free animals from cruel
treatment.
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What you can do:
The
most powerful message each of us can send to the wool
industry is that caring consumers and community members
will not support animal cruelty. If you choose to buy
wool products, enquire of the retailer whether the wool is
ethically sourced (from sheep that are not mulesed—as a
minimum!).
Show Australia's decision makers that it's not only the
international public that are appalled by the Australian
wool industry's cruel treatment of animals. Use the
following key points to compose a letter to the editor of
your local paper:
- I am writing regarding the recent outrage throughout Europe over the Australian wool industry's continued cruel treatment of animals.
- Mulesing, which involves cutting skin from the backside of an animal without pain relief is cruel and outdated.
- Whilst the Australian wool industry continues to mules sheep, factory farm sheep for 'ultra-fine' wool and export live animals, they taint Australia's international reputation.
- Even the Swedish Agricultural Minister has urged consumers to boycott Australian wool.
- In the past the Federal Government has unquestionably backed the wool industry.
- It's time for the Australian government and the wool industry to wake up to the fact that Australians and the international public alike, will not tolerate animal cruelty.
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See also:
Danes flock to join Aussie wool ban
Call for federal intervention on wool boycott
Wool trader calls for AWI chairman to step down
Mulesing is a painful procedure in which skin is removed
from the backsides of lambs in an attempt to combat
flystrike.
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