Top Indian designers to boycott Australian wool

"Hyderabad, April 20. (UNI): Top Indian designers Hemant Trevedi, Wendell Rodericks, Rohit Bal, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Ashley Rebello, Jatin Kochar and animal rights campaigner, Anita Dongre, have pledged 'not to use Australian merino wool until live exports and mulesing (lamb mutilations) end', the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India announced on Tuesday.

"In a signed statement to PETA India, the designers have said they would not use leather or wool, out of concern for animals. India is the third-largest importer of Australian wool. During 2002-2003, Australia supplied around 60 per cent of India's raw wool imports and almost all its apparel-grade wool.

"PETA's international campaign against the live flaying of the rump of the lamb - as a cheap way to prevent maggot infestation - and the cruel export of live sheep abroad in open-deck ships in extreme weather conditions, has led to protests spanning three continents.

"There has been a fast-growing international boycott of Australian wool, the NGO said in a statement here on Tuesday."
Source: The Hindu

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Boycott Australian Wool

This bloody disgrace is called Mulesing
"Can you imagine the public outcry if someone grabbed a dog and sliced away skin and flesh the size of a dinner plate from around its anus and tail with a pair of shears and without anaesthetic.

"Well Australian protection laws, whilst prohibiting such cruelty on companion animals, allow this gory primitive act to be carried out on millions of sheep each year."
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