Posted on 06/08/2008 5:18:38 PM PDT by markomalley
As People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) convinced another international retailer to boycott Australian wool that has been mulesed, leading fashion designer Alex Perry has thrown his weight behind the wool industry.
"PETA needs to back off," Mr Perry said.
"I understand where they are coming from, there needs to be alternative to mulesing, but give farmers a chance to develop it."
Mulesing involves cutting the skin and wool from a sheep's backside to stop blowflies from laying eggs.
Mr Perry, along with rugby league star Nathan Hindmarsh, Myer, country music singers Gina Jeffreys, Shannon Noll and John Williamson want PETA to stop attacking wool farmers.
Mr Perry, the judge of Australia's Next Top Model, said executives sitting in offices overseas like New York should not be making a decision to boycott goods without all the facts.
He used Australian wool in his recent winter collection and vowed to continue to use it in the future.
"Wool is a huge export and the rest of the world gets our best, but PETA goes to the extreme and it doesn't understand how it impacts on our industry," he said.
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AB Lindex spokeswoman Sara Carlsson confirmed PETA had been "steering" the company over animal rights issues.
She could not explain what mulesing was or why it was done when The Daily Telegraph questioned her about the issue
"I have never seen this. I can't explain it to you," she said.
"We are a fashion company not an expert on how to treat animals. We want to shame Australia into seeing that mulesing ends, it's important to put pressure of Australian industry to look at other options."
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She could not explain what mulesing was or why it was done when The Daily Telegraph questioned her about the issue
"I have never seen this. I can't explain it to you," she said.
"We are a fashion company not an expert on how to treat animals. We want to shame Australia into seeing that mulesing ends, it's important to put pressure of Australian industry to look at other options."
You stupid b1tch! You don't know what something is, yet you want to shame Australia into stopping it!
Absolutely typical!
It is time for the rest of the sane world to publicize which companies kowtow to PETA, and boycott them! The last time I heard about Adidas was when some top manager or CEO said something negative about the Iraq war. I’m a soccer player and I always buy Adidas cleats. Not any more!
At least PETA was told to “Back Off” and not “Clear OFF!” Though they should have.
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