Fur is Dead.

[Shraka]

PETA annoys the crap out of me. They have been harassing our government and farmers to stop mulesing (which is cutting off some excess flesh from a sheep to stop blow fly strike from eating their flesh away) because apparently it's unethical to cure something of a really seriously problem. There are a few alternatives to mulesing, but none of them prevent the problem, so you have to seek out fly strike afflicted sheep, and scrape the maggots out of their flesh. But does PETA care about this? No. Of course not! They haven't even researched the matter because they have knee jerk reactions to issues, and don't really know anything. If I was a sheep, I'd wanna have the mulesing done. Pink actually spoke out about Mulesing and said that people should boycott the Australian will industry. She then back flips when she finds out that not only is mulesing a good thing, but we've ALREADY AGREED TO PHASE IT OUT BY 2010 which PETA knew about but didn't tell her, despite supporting her public announcement. Damage done though, our wool industry took a hit from that one with "some American and British clothing retailers agreeing to the boycott". PETA are vigilantes who rather than lobbying the appropriate groups for change, use violence and ignorance of the public to force the changes they want, regardless of if they are what's best for the animals. Sources: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/pro.../LC20050505044 http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001026,00.html I love animals, and am all for treating them ethically and not causing un-due stress or harm. But there are proper institutions for looking after animals and making sure they are treated humanly, in Australia we call it the RSPCA.

 

[Tck13]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Alligators, crocodiles and snakes are skinned alive in order to ensure that the skins do not dry out.

I can't even imagine what that would feel like.

 

[Tck13]

Originally Posted by Shraka

PETA annoys the crap out of me. They have been harassing our government and farmers to stop mulesing (which is cutting off some excess flesh from a sheep to stop blow fly strike from eating their flesh away) because apparently it's unethical to cure something of a really seriously problem.

There are a few alternatives to mulesing, but none of them prevent the problem, so you have to seek out fly strike afflicted sheep, and scrape the maggots out of their flesh. But does PETA care about this? No. Of course not! They haven't even researched the matter because they have knee jerk reactions to issues, and don't really know anything.

If I was a sheep, I'd wanna have the mulesing done.

Pink actually spoke out about Mulesing and said that people should boycott the Australian will industry. She then back flips when she finds out that not only is mulesing a good thing, but we've ALREADY AGREED TO PHASE IT OUT BY 2010 which PETA knew about but didn't tell her, despite supporting her public announcement.

Damage done though, our wool industry took a hit from that one with "some American and British clothing retailers agreeing to the boycott".

There are proper institutions for looking after animals and making sure they are treated humanly, in Australia we call it the CSIRO.

Sources:
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/pro.../LC20050505044
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001026,00.html


Wasn't this campaign directed more towards less ethical wool farmers (?) than those that were doing it properly?

 

[Christofuh]

PETA=bunch of zombified commies

Would look for each and every excuse just to shyt on the free enterprise under the guise of caring for the poor animals.



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[Shraka]

Originally Posted by Tck13

Wasn't this campaign directed more towards less ethical wool farmers (?) than those that were doing it properly?

Not that I'm aware of. PETA did damage to our wool industry over misunderstandings (or misrepresentation). They're still pressuring us to stop the practice all together.

There are no other sure fire ways of stopping fly strike that I or the farming industry are aware of. The suffering fly strike inflicts on sheep is horrible. The only reasons I can think PETA would want to ban this is because they see animals having flesh cut off and get angry, without doing any research, or because they are malicious arseholes who don't want animals being farmed at all, so use any excuse to attack farmers. Either way PETA needs a kick ***********.

 

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by Shraka

PETA annoys the crap out of me. They have been harassing our government and farmers to stop mulesing (which is cutting off some excess flesh from a sheep to stop blow fly strike from eating their flesh away) because apparently it's unethical to cure something of a really seriously problem.

There are a few alternatives to mulesing, but none of them prevent the problem, so you have to seek out fly strike afflicted sheep, and scrape the maggots out of their flesh. But does PETA care about this? No. Of course not! They haven't even researched the matter because they have knee jerk reactions to issues, and don't really know anything.

If I was a sheep, I'd wanna have the mulesing done.


You silly Aussie. PETA is protecting the poor, poor blow fly.

 

[Shraka]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

You silly Aussie. PETA is protecting the poor, poor blow fly.
OH! Of course! By preserving their home in the flesh of other living animals, they are letting blowflies have freedom from oppression! How silly of me, I should have guessed. On a serious note, this whole "KFC tortures animals!" thing is bullshit. Bloody Pamela Idiotson and her media circus public attacks on companies. KFC buys it's chicken from Steggles and Ingham! You can go down to the supermarket and buy those some brands of chicken. KFC doesn't actually own any chicken farms! If they want to protest the treatment of chickens (which I must admit is pretty ghastly in some of those places) they should protest against Steggles or Ingam! But of course, they don't have the same face to the public as KFC, and have less to loose from a sledging campaign. =_=