• cause flystrike. Mulesing is a common practice in Australia for this purpose, particularly on highly wrinkled Merino sheep. Mulesing is considered by...
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    Australian Wool Growers Association agreement to end mulesing. Benetton's position statement on the mulesing controversy is available on their website. On 24...
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    are typically subjected to lamb marking, which involves tail docking, mulesing, earmarking, and males may be castrated. According to the FAOSTAT database...
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    larvae. Another, more permanent, practice that is used in some countries is mulesing, where skin is removed from young animals to tighten remaining skin – leaving...
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    of sheep (wigging or eye-wooling). It does not refer to the process of mulesing—a controversial procedure that involves removing of strips of wool-bearing...
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  • company prohibits the practice of mulesing, which includes the traditional surgical method and the clips method. Mulesing removes strips of skin around the...
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    preliminary results from her study on the relative pain of mulesing and steining. Jongman found that mulesing and steining were equally painful on the day of the...
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  • the requirement that its New Zealand wool suppliers no longer practice mulesing. In 2010, Smartwool signed a contract to exclusively source its Merino...
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    accident that you have to look at." PETA has also objected to the practice of mulesing (removing strips of wool-bearing skin from around the buttocks of a sheep)...
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    the city of Armidale, New South Wales in March each year. In Australia, mulesing of Merino sheep is a common practice to reduce the incidence of flystrike...
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