Animal welfare groups and a rural lobby group have attacked the decision by the Australian wool industry to abandon plans to phase out the controversial practice of mulesing. Mulesing involves cutting ...

But the vast majority of Merinos in Australia are still mulesed in order to battle the devastating impacts of flystrike. Despite gradual changes made in breeding and management of sheep in many flocks ...

Following months of deliberations, the Australian Wool Exchange has decided not to make any changes to the National Wool Declaration’s (NWD) current definitions for non-mulesed and mulesed wool. The ...

Lamb mulesing as depicted by a video produced by animal rights group, PETA. Debate about the controversial practice of mulesing is set to be reignited again with prominent animal rights group, People ...

Textile Exchange (TE) has updated the drafted Responsible Wool Standard (RWS). In TE’s second stakeholder review of the RWS, clothing brands told the nonprofit they would ban the standard if it ...

Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty introduced the amendment bill to the state parliament on Thursday. “The bill requires that a pain relief product, registered with the Australian Pesticides and ...

The practice of mulesing sheep could be banned by January 1 next year if the Animal Justice Party gets its desired outcome from a New South Wales Upper House inquiry next month. [kps] Animal Justice ...

As of next month, all wool purchased from New Zealand should come with the guarantee that it was produced without mulesing. New Zealand has officially made the controversial practice of mulesing a ...

Humane Society International (HSI) Australia has launched the latest edition of its ‘Better Wool Guide’ which features over 200 brands that are part of the growing movement to phase out the ...

The NSW upper house committee will conduct an inquiry into the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Bill, first put forward last year. The public has until July 31 to comment on the amendment ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. An animal rights group has ramped up its campaign against the wool industry's practice of mulesing ...

Sydney - An apparent genetic mutation that has left some Australian sheep with bare backsides could provide an alternative to the controversial practise of mulesing that has outraged global animal ...