Following months of deliberations, the Australian Wool Exchange has decided not to make any changes to the National Wool Declaration’s (NWD) current definitions for non-mulesed and mulesed wool. The ...

Steinfort AgVet managing director John Steinfort, who developed Sheep Freeze Brand — an alternative to surgical mulesing using liquid nitrogen — said differentiating the use of freeze branding in its ...

Mulesing has long been in the firing line from animal activists, with the process, which involves cutting skin from around the breach area of sheep, perceived to be cruel. Since July 1, pain relief is ...

Industry insiders are coming together to take on one of the wool industry’s most controversial practices. In its missive, delivered to AWI at the virtual Wool Connect Conference on Sept. 7, the group ...

Textile Exchange (TE) has updated the drafted Responsible Wool Standard (RWS). In TE’s second stakeholder review of the RWS, clothing brands told the nonprofit they would ban the standard if it ...

AUSTRALIAN wool growers audited on the mulesing status of their flocks have been credited for the consistency of clip declarations with sheep inspection reports.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. MANY farmers continue the controversial practice of mulesing sheep because they are locked in traditional beliefs, a former CSIRO ...

One of Australia's largest brokers and exporters of wool says the industry is "shooting itself in the foot" by not allowing farmers that use cryogenic breech freezing to report it on the National Wool ...

Tennis star Martina Navratilova has added her voice to a US campaign to end the Australian practice of "mulesing" -- cutting flesh and skin from the hindquarters of sheep to prevent infestations of ...

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It's encouraging to see that pressure is being brought to bear on the Australian wool industry to abandon the barbaric practice of mulesing lambs. It is disingenuous of the industry to claim that ...