cause flystrike. Mulesing is a common practice in Australia for this purpose, particularly on highly wrinkled Merino sheep. Mulesing is considered by...

Australian Wool Growers Association agreement to end mulesing. Benetton's position statement on the mulesing controversy is available on their website. On 24...

the requirement that its New Zealand wool suppliers no longer practice mulesing. In 2010, Smartwool signed a contract to exclusively source its Merino...

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...

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...

company prohibits the practice of mulesing, which includes the traditional surgical method and the clips method. Mulesing removes strips of skin around the...

are typically subjected to lamb marking, which involves tail docking, mulesing, earmarking, and males may be castrated. According to the FAOSTAT database...

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...

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...

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)...

South Africa. Unlike Merinos, Dorpers do not need shearing, crutching, or mulesing, and they are much less prone to flystrike. "Dorper Sheep". Breeds of Sheep...

Scheduled shearing and crutching Removing the tails of lambs at weaning Mulesing Preventative chemical treatments before fly infestation risk is high Breeding...

operation involving the sheep, such as shearing, tagging, foot-trimming, mulesing, etc., although sheep are far less likely to stray while being moved in...

"dewattling". ' Marking' is the simultaneous mulesing, castration, and tail docking of lambs. ' Mulesing' is the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin...

After lambs are several weeks old, lamb marking (ear tagging, docking, mulesing, and castrating) is carried out. Vaccinations are usually carried out at...

the Australian wool industry for its use of mulesing. In 2007, she said PETA had misled her about mulesing and that she had not done enough research before...

process. In response, a program of phasing out mulesing is currently being implemented, and some mulesing operations are being carried out with the use...

breeds of sheep have their tails docked to reduce the risk of fly strike. Mulesing is also used for that purpose. Docking also makes it easier to view a grown...

prevent flight. 'Marking' is the simultaneous mulesing, castration and tail docking of lambs. 'Mulesing' is the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin...

therefore, very low maintenance as it has no need for shearing, crutching, mulesing, jetting, dipping, and docking of tails. The Wiltipoll is grass seed-resistant...

promoted a boycott of Merino wool, as a protest against the practice of mulesing, a procedure used to prevent the animals from becoming fly blown with maggots...

farming, e.g. free range, can also raise welfare concerns such as the mulesing of sheep and predation of stock by wild animals. Biosecurity is also a...

dung or urine, or at the site of an injury. Also see crutching, dagging, Mulesing. Fold (or sheepfold) – a pen in which a flock is kept overnight to keep...

Animal rights groups have noted issues with the production of wool, such as mulesing. About 85% of wool sold in Australia is sold by open cry auction. The British...

seemingly justifiable. Mulesing is as effective as breeding sheep for less wrinkle (score 2), which are resistant to flystrike. Mulesing is a good prevention...

mulesing and the live export of sheep. Later that month, after speaking to sheep farmers, she reneged on supporting PETA's campaign against mulesing:...

Windows Mul (disambiguation) Muel (disambiguation) Mules (disambiguation) Mulesing, a controversial Australian procedure which aims to reduce fly-strike in...

India, from 1903 to 1904 John W. H. Mules, after whom the practice of Mulesing is named Justine Mules (born 1994), Australian rules footballer This page...

are much less susceptible to flystrike than Merinos and do not require mulesing, a contentious operation intended to reduce the incidence of flystrike...

traceability reports to ensure none of the sheep subjected to the practice of mulesing. In 2015, the production of many garments was controversially moved to...