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PETA launches nude Aussie sheep protest
The Age ^ | 28 September 2005

Posted on 09/27/2005 9:37:54 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

US animal rights activists stripped off in the first of a worldwide blitz of nude demonstrations to protest Australia's treatment of sheep.

A small, but committed, group of members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrated outside the Australian embassy in Washington.

In the coming days PETA plans nude protests outside Australian embassies in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and Sao Paulo.

In Washington, four women and one man stripped down to g-strings and painted Australian flagson their bodies.

Five other activists held large gruesome photos of bloody sheep that had been mulesed.

There were no arrests or brushes with the law, although it is illegal for women to go topless in public in Washington DC so the female PETA members risked nudity laws.

More media members than activists were there to cover the spectacle.

"We definitely attracted a lot of attention," PETA spokesperson and one of the nude protesters, Brandi Valladolid, told AAP.

"Of course, protests like these are designed to create attention and it was a big success.

"We had 13 media outlets there."

PETA renewed its campaign against the Australian wool industry following a 45-day moratorium to allow key Australian wool groups to examine a PETA proposal to end the year-long war between the parties.

The PETA plan called for the phasing out of mulesing and designing more humane methods for the live export of sheep.

The two major wool groups in Australia - Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and WoolProducers - rejected the plan, so PETA this week reinstated its worldwide campaign.

Valladolid said employees at the Australian embassy showed interest in the demonstration.

"We noticed a lot of people in the embassy glued to their windows watching the demonstration wondering what the hell was going on," she said.

Mulesing is a technique Australian farmers use to prevent flystrike in sheep, which can be fatal. Mulesing involves stripping pieces of flesh from the animal's rear end to prevent maggot infestation.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: animaltypes; australia; lunatics; peta; sheep; wool
A couple of good squirts with a fire hose should fix this crowd up!!!
1 posted on 09/27/2005 9:37:54 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

Nude sheep? Isn't that animal abuse? Considering the sexual preferences of most PETA activists, it is almost certain.


2 posted on 09/27/2005 9:40:34 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't get stuck on stupid now, reporters)
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3 posted on 09/27/2005 9:41:28 PM PDT by flashbunny (Do you believe in the Constitution only until it keeps the government from doing what you want?)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Damn, I'll be thinking of lamb chops all night.


4 posted on 09/27/2005 9:44:28 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: flashbunny

5 posted on 09/27/2005 9:50:00 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Nekkid and sheep? This sounds more like some jihadistan..


6 posted on 09/27/2005 10:20:14 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
I think that the best way to deal with these freaks is through their twisted little egos. Where ever they show up and strip down, some normal people should be their to point and laugh at them. If there's one thing that bunch of narcissistic nut cases can't take, it's being laughed at.
7 posted on 09/27/2005 10:39:54 PM PDT by Sparticus (She's so open minded that her brains leaked out.)
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"If there's one thing that bunch of narcissistic nut cases can't take, it's being laughed at."

SPOT ON, S!

I hereby volunteer to be on the FreeRepublic Energetic ROFLing Squad (FReepERS for short).
8 posted on 09/27/2005 10:44:17 PM PDT by decal (Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives; the Progs have never figured this out.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Hey, PETA-Better to eat a sheep, than be one.


9 posted on 09/27/2005 10:53:28 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
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