• 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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    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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  • 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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    Crutching is different to mulesing where part of the wrinkled skin is removed, although they are closely related in that mulesed sheep require much less...
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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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    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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    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 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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    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...
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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 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...
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    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...
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    seemingly justifiable. Mulesing is as effective as breeding sheep for less wrinkle (score 2), which are resistant to flystrike. Mulesing is a good prevention...
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    "dewattling". ' Marking' is the simultaneous mulesing, castration, and tail docking of lambs. ' Mulesing' is the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin...
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    After lambs are several weeks old, lamb marking (ear tagging, docking, mulesing, and castrating) is carried out. Vaccinations are usually carried out at...
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  • operation involving the sheep, such as shearing, tagging, foot-trimming, mulesing, etc., although sheep are far less likely to stray while being moved in...
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    prevent flight. 'Marking' is the simultaneous mulesing, castration and tail docking of lambs. 'Mulesing' is the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    process. In response, a program of phasing out mulesing is currently being implemented, and some mulesing operations are being carried out with the use...
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    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...
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    mulesing and the live export of sheep. Later that month, after speaking to sheep farmers, she reneged on supporting PETA's campaign against mulesing:...
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  • Scheduled shearing and crutching Removing the tails of lambs at weaning Mulesing Preventative chemical treatments before fly infestation risk is high Breeding...
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    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...
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  • Windows Mul (disambiguation) Muel (disambiguation) Mules (disambiguation) Mulesing, a controversial Australian procedure which aims to reduce fly-strike in...
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    "Legislative Council Hansard – 23 March 2016 - Wool Growing Industry and Mulesing". NSW Parliament. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2022. "Mr David SHOEBRIDGE...
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    Following from his previous work to ban mulesing of Australian sheep, in 2019 Pearson introduced a bill to prohibit mulesing, and to mandate pain relief for certain...
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  • activities or animal abuse, such as plucking feathers from live birds or Mulesing. They only use leather for bags and accessories, provided that it has certification...
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