Finnish animal protection organization Animalia joins the international PETA protests against Australia’s cruel lamb mutilation practices.
In Australia, where more than 50 percent of the world’s merino wool—which is used in products ranging from clothing to carpets—comes from, lambs are forced to endure a gruesome procedure called mulesing, in which huge chunks of skin and flesh are cut from the animals’ backsides, without any painkillers. When their wool production declines, some sheep are shipped to the Middle East on crowded multilevel ships. These journeys, which can last for months, are to countries where animal welfare standards are non-existent. The suffering sheep are dragged off the ships, loaded onto trucks, and dragged by their ears and legs to unregulated slaughterhouses, where their throats are slit while they are still conscious.
- http://www.savethesheep.com/
Animalia demands that the Australian authorities outlaw mulesing. A protest rally will take place in Helsinki, at Lasipalatsi (Mannerheimintie 22-24), on 27 March 2008 from 14:00 to 17:00 hrs.
Additionally, Animalia encourages all Finnish clothing chains to boycott Australian wool produced through mulesing. Hennes & Mauritz, Bestseller, and Jack & Jones have already joined this boycott.
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