LFA turns 10 years old!

LFA turns 10 years old in 2015. To celebrate, we’re inviting all our members, their guests and general public to a special birthday event on 30 July 2015, featuring keynote speaker Mark Dreyfus QC. Details below. To attend, please RSVP by 24 July.

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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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