Peta's war on Aust wool industry could be over

[Karmadillo]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10339913

LOS ANGELES - The war between Australian sheep farmers and American animal rights activists could be over.

In what is being hailed as an historic agreement, a deal has been negotiated between the Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) and the US-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

If accepted, it will lead to the gradual phasing out of mulesing by 2010 and stricter rules for the live export of sheep.

PETA has agreed to halt its controversial and highly-successful global campaign of bloody images against the Australian wool industry for 45 days to give Australia's other wool groups time to analyse the deal hatched with the AWGA.

If the deal is supported, PETA has promised to end its campaign against the industry for 10 years.

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[H5N1]

1. Thank You PETA!

[Canuckistanian]

2. What the heck is mulesing? n/t

[blindpig]

3. hacking maggot-ridden flesh

off the ass end of sheep. Without anesthetics.

[livinginphotographs]

4. Good for PETA, and the animals.

This is definitely what I like to see my money spent on.

[Modem Butterfly]

5. Who on earth could be opposed to shearing sheep?

What a bunch of ill-informed dumb-asses.

[yo-yo-ma]

6. it's not shearing sheep (as in wool) rather it's shearing flesh

http://www.savethesheep.com/animals.asp

[femmecahors]

7. I'm shearing my two sheep tomorrow!

Sheep need to be sheared. Especially when it's 100 degrees out.

The maggots will eat them alive . . . thankfully I haven't had that problem . . .

I'm happy that PETA is looking out for the sheep . . . they're very loving animals and SMART too . . . but people just don't give them a chance!