Animal Law Clinic Returning in 2021

The LFA/FLS Animal Law Clinic returns starting 20 January 2021. The clinic will be run as a telephone consultation service with hour long appointments available between 6:30 – 8:30pm on Wednesday nights.

You can read about how the clinic will operate in a Covid safe way and how to get appointment on our Animal Law Clinic Page.

 

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Mulesing

Mulesing is performed annually on over 20 million Australian Merino lambs. It involves taking a crescent-shaped slice of skin (5-7 cm) from either buttock (the ‘breach’) of a sheep, without anaesthetic, and results in abnormal behaviour for up to three days.

Despite industry’s promise to phase-out mulesing by 2010, many retailers throughout Europe have boycotted Australian wool due to overwhelming consumer concern.

More humane alternatives to surgical mulesing, such as intradermal injections prompting fleece to fall away from the breach (permanently) through a process of necrosis, are currently not receiving the support they require from Australia’s wool industry.


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