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Take Our ‘What Do You Really Know About Sheep?’ Quiz!
Are sheep just walking wool coats or could they actually be like our friends and family? Or could they maybe even be secret Einsteins? Take our six-question quiz right now and find out! Look at the...
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Here’s what you’ve been waiting for—the answers to our “What Do You Really Know About Sheep?” Quiz! See how you fared by comparing your answers to the ones below: Sheep follow the flock—sometimes to...
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PETA Australia Implores Stud Producers to End Mulesing
More than 500 stud merino breeders in Australia received an unexpected e-mail last week: a letter from PETA Australia imploring them to take action to help end the cruel practice of “mulesing.” In a...
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PETA Australia Asks Fashion Week Attendees to ‘Have a Heart’
PETA Australia had a simple plea for attendees at Melbourne Fashion Week—have a heart for animals, and don’t support mulesing. The protest is the latest action in PETA Australia’s campaign against the...
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PETA Australia Pleads for End to Live Export in Light of Middle East Chaos
Last week, PETA Australia made an urgent plea to Australia’s Minister for Agriculture Joe Ludwig requesting that the live export of sheep and cattle to countries such as Egypt and Bahrain be...
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Being an Active Activist Counts
Attendees at an Australian Wool Innovation news conference held in Sydney last week were greeted by PETA Australia supporters who were holding signs urging them to ditch the cruel practice of...
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New Year’s Resolutions!
Image: Dream Designs/FreeDigitalPhotos.net As we approach December 31, many of us will reflect on 2011 while thinking of ways in which to make 2012 better. The new year is an opportunity to reevaluate...
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Bloody Wool Industry Leaves Mark on Uniqlo Facebook Page
*UPDATE: VICTORY! On June 27th, 2012, UNIQLO announced that it would phase out wool from sheep who have been mulesed* Activists—outraged by Uniqlo’s continued use of wool from mutilated sheep—took over...
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VICTORY! UNIQLO Pledges to Phase Out Buying Wool From Mulesed Sheep!
After eight-months of international campaigns by PETA Asia and our affiliates, UNIQLO—part of Fast Retailing, the fifth-largest retailer in the world—has agreed to phase out the use of wool from sheep...
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Myth: Wool Doesn’t Hurt
I learned about wool at the county fair in my hometown. I was standing inside a barn at the fair when the sheep shearing contest started. Men grabbed the nearest sheep, violently wrestled them to the...
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15 Things You Need to Know Before Buying That Sweater
1. About 25 percent of the world’s wool comes from Australia. 2. Young lambs’ ears are hole-punched, their tails are chopped off, and the males are castrated, all often without anesthetics or pain...
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