Posted on 06/10/2008 6:03:09 PM PDT by markomalley
THEY oppose kids keeping goldfish. They oppose people riding horses. They even oppose blind people using guide dogs.
But who would have thought that some so-called animal rights groups would end up promoting animal cruelty?
Back off PETA: Sign The Daily Telegraph's petition
That is exactly what has happened with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA) protests calling for an immediate ban to mulesing.
It is not the first time this organisation has been on the absurd side of an argument.
The reason for mulesing is simple - it prevents the sheep from being killed by flesh-eating maggots.
Our merino sheep were developed through selective breeding, some time around 1870 - about the same time the blowfly made it here from South Africa.
The folds in the breach of the merino's skin together with the introduction of the blowfly became a lethal combination, creating a new disease: flystrike, where the folds in the skin become infested with maggots and the sheep dies a slow and painful death.
That's why mulesing was first introduced. Removing some of the wool and skin around the breach prevents the sheep being eaten alive. Farmers don't enjoy doing it, but the alternative is far worse.
The American-based organisation PETA knew that Australian industry had agreed to a 2010 phase-out of the practice to provide time to develop alternatives to mulesing.
Some of the alternatives being developed have involved clips, sprays and selective breeding. But then earlier this year PETA decided to embark on a campaign which, if successful, will only cause more sheep to die through flystrike.
They called for mulesing to be banned immediately. Then they went to different retailers around the world and tried to talk them into boycotting Australian wool because we had not met our 2010 deadline.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
URL for the "BACK OFF PETA" Petition is here
I despise PETA. These people are seriously distrubed.
I am a proud member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Aminals, that is.
I am a proud member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals, that is.
SPELLCHECK!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, this is the silliest thing I’ve heard all year.
I don’t know why it is that organizations such as PETA are given any sort of ear. There is no doubt a mental disorder exists, much akin to liberalism in general.
It’s good to see PETA making an azz of itself somewhere other than in the US.
Support PETA,
Stop Mulesing!
END MULE Circumcision NOW!
Carve out a position!
Take a stand on Mule Foreskins!
Anybody know what “mulesing” is, actually? Apparently it is a surgical procedure and is painful to the sheep.
These PETA types are seriously disturbed. What say we give them a few islands on which they can live in harmony with the world as they see it? I’ll donate to that cause. Might even do that $1 a day plan to keep sending them stuff so they never have to leave the islands.
Send that PETA fellow over here and hand me the shoat rings and pliers.
Read the article. He describes exactly what it is.
I read the article, and I too still have no idea what it is. What’s the “breach” of a sheep? And what do they do with it?
They give the sheep a butt-lift (remove the extra skin). Remove dark, moist, warm places for the maggots to grow.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ooh, ooh, next version of survivor! And since they can’t hunt or fish, all cameras flying overhead will witnessed the wonders of:
* vegetarians figuring out how to eat real raw fruits and vegetables, and figuring out if it is ethical to deprive the wild pigs of a meal, growing skeletal in the process
* debating whether or not to save a friend from the now emboldened wild cats and leeches, since they can’t harm the animals
* cannibalism, since it’s the only thing they can ethically eat. Do they vote someone off the island and onto the roasting spit? Or do they fight for the right to commit suicide first?
We sent ‘em packing.
Is it more painful than being eaten by maggots?
it’s where they cut the wool and some skin around the ass crack to prevent the sheep from being eaten alive by maggots...
maggots get there when flys lay eggs in there.
either shave the sheep’s butt and take some skin or have the poor animal eaten slowly by maggots and die from infection.
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