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	Mulesing
		Mulesing is an operation where skin approximately 164 X 94mm is cut from the buttocks and tails of conscious lambs.
		When all sheep are mulesed, it is impossible to tell which sheep have this genetic weakness.
		The susceptibility to fly-strike is passed on to the next generation and the round of mulesing and fly-strike continues.
	www.animalliberation.com.au /issues/mulesing.html (96 words)

	Mulesing, the standard mutilation of Australian sheep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This raw and bloody wound on the backside of a sheep is known as 'Mulesing'.
		Mulesing is a cruel alternative to proper sheep management or caring for sheep as companion animals.
		Mulesing was 'invented' in 1923 by a farmer called Mules as a 'cure' for flystrike.
	www.liveexportshame.com /mulesing/mulesing1.htm (181 words)

	Mulesing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mulesing is the surgical removal of strips of wool-bearing wrinkle skin from around the tail of a sheep.
		Mulesing is illegal in Britain but is common practice in Australia, where it is expected to be phased out by 2010.
		Mulesing is performed as a way to prevent flystrike in areas where flies which cause cutaneous myiasis are a serious problem.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mulesing (883 words)

	Save the Sheep! > The Animals
		Every year, hundreds of lambs die before the age of 8 weeks from exposure or starvation, and mature sheep die every year from disease, lack of shelter, and neglect.
		Click here to read PETA’s full report on mulesing and live exports, The Urgent Need for a Permanent Ban on Mulesing and Live Sheep Exports in the Australian Wool Industry Based on Animal Welfare Concerns.
		When sheep age and their wool production declines, they are of no use to wool farmers and so are discarded for slaughter.
	www.savethesheep.com /animals.asp (1346 words)

	Woolisbest.com - Mulesing
		Mulesing is a vital part of sheep husbandry in Australia, particularly in reference to Merino sheep.
		Without mulesing, blowfly eggs are laid in moist wool; the flesh eating maggots create painful wounds, causing the sheep considerable pain, stress and suffering and, in many cases, death.
		One alternative method to current mulesing practice currently under research is the application of a protein that causes the treated skin to contract and cease growing wool.
	www.woolisbest.com /animal_welfare/mulesing.html (411 words)

	News Search: mulesing
		Mulesing is being phased out by 2010 amid concerns from animal welfare groups, and after boycotts of Australian wool from some US...
		An anaesthetic drug to be used when mulesing sheep is expected to be widely used by sheep farmers.
		Sheep raised for wool in Australia suffer a procedure called "mulesing," a mutilation in which farmers use gardening shears to cut large chunks of skin and flesh from the animals' backsides...
	www.topix.net /search?q=mulesing (760 words)

	Country News - McPherson Media Group
		Mulesing involves the removal of a strip of skin from around the sheep's backside, stopping wool growth and preventing moisture build-up from urine and faeces which attracts blowflies.
		The VFF has said mulesing was the most effective prevention and estimate a ban could lead to up to three million sheep deaths a year.
		One option is non-surgical mulesing, which involves the injection of a protein that causes the treated skin to contract and cease growing wool.
	www.countrynews.com.au /story.asp?TakeNo=200510315778813 (402 words)

	Mulesing \| Wool is Best
		A ban on mulesing would kill up to three million sheep in years when conditions were conducive to flystrike - hot and wet - it would be exceptionally cruel not to mules sheep in Australia.
		Mulesing is named after an Australian stockman, Mr J.H.Mules, who invented and helped develop the procedure during the 1930s.
		Scientific studies clearly show that mulesing and tail docking are currently the most practical, effective and humane methods of flystrike prevention available to Australian woolgrowers.
	www.woolisbest.com /animal_welfare/mulesing (471 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Crossing Continents \| Have your say: Mulesing
		Mulesing a sheep is like giving a child a vaccination: the child doesn't like it, but it is in the child's interest to have it done.
		People comparing mulesing in sheep to giving vaccinations to children seem to have missed the point that children don't have their flesh sheared off during the vaccination process.
		Mulesing saves millions of sheep from a cruel death by fly-strike, which has to be seen to be believed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4701503.stm (3666 words)

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		Mulesing is performed as a preventive measure against a painful condition called ¡°flystrike,¡± which occurs when blowfly eggs that have been laid in moist, woolly areas of sheep¡¯s skin hatch into maggots, which eat into the sheep¡¯s flesh and, if not caught in time, can cause death.
		Mulesing photos courtesy of Patty Mark/Animal Liberation Victoria Animal Suffering Caused by Mulesing Physical Indicators of Stress From Mulesing In its code of sheep-welfare recommendations, the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry writes that mulesing ¡°causes pain both at the time it is carried out and during the healing process¡± (MAF 1996, ¡ì7.1.3).
		Mulesing can actually encourage flystrike, the very condition that it is supposed to prevent, in areas where there is blowfly activity.
	www.livexports.com /mulesing.txt (8367 words)

	STRONG INROADS MADE INTO MULESING ALTERNATIVES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		WAFarmers is encouraged by the progress into mulesing alternatives with accreditation of mulesing contractors a positive step in ensuring best animal welfare practice by the wool industry.
		“Mulesing accreditation is on track, with training and assessment courses available from May which will allow contractors to meet the requirements necessary to continue mulesing after 31 December 2006,” said WAFarmers Wool Section President Max Watts.
		Accreditation of mulesing contractors is part of a commitment made in a ‘Compact’ signed last year between the Australian Wool and Sheep Industry Taskforce and international retailers concerned about animal welfare.
	www.waff.org.au /press_release/release.asp?id=110 (415 words)

	MULESING - A Farmers view to this cruel 'backstreet' mutilation.
		The Mulesing of lambs and young sheep is an extremely cruel and bloody procedure inflicted on thousands of Australian sheep every year.
		Mulesing entails running a sharp knife around the breech area about the size of a dinner plate, then ripping off the wool bearing skin within that area.
		The serious downside to mulesing is that ewes are extremely susceptible to vulva cancer and other sheep to carcinoma cancerous growths around this sensitive sun exposed breech area after being mutilated by mulesing.
	www.liveexportshame.com /mulesing/mulesing.htm (775 words)

	Australian Wool Innovation Limited - New AWI clips could provide alternative to mulesing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mulesing and tail docking are currently the most practical, effective and humane methods to prevent breech flystrike.
		AWI expects one or more alternatives to be available by the industry's target date of 2010 to phase out mulesing, and is confident that at least one alternative will be on the market by 2007.
		The most rigorous field trial we have conducted showed that the bare area produced on clipped lambs was similar to, but slightly narrower than, mulesed lambs, which should result in a similar level of protection from breech flystrike.
	www.wool.com.au /LivePage.aspx?pageId=2402 (994 words)

	Home-Lamb Mulesing Breakthrough â“ New Topical Anaesthetic Approved
		Mulesing is the surgical removal of skin around a sheep's breech area (backside) to prevent wool growth and thus reduce the risk of fly strike and maggot infestation.
		It is applied as a spray immediately after the mulesing procedure and quickly anaesthetises the wound to reduce pain in the post-operative period, and also acts to reduce blood loss and promote wound healing.
		As the spray is applied after the mulesing process (post-operatively) the lamb must still endure being mulesed in the absence of any pain relief.
	www.petalia.com.au /templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?Story_No=1969 (876 words)

	News from the Suttor Merino Stud
		DETAILS of a mulesing anaesthetic and antiseptic spray that has the blessing of both national and international animal welfare groups are about to be announced.
		The development is a big breakthrough after months of acrimonious debate about mulesing, an issue largely dominated by negative news and court battles for the Australian sheep industry.
		Mulesing, the practice of removing skin surrounding the anus of young sheep to protect the animal from flystrike, has been targeted by animal rights groups around the world, with a high profile global campaign against the Australian wool industry the result.
	www.suttorstud.com /html/news210405.html (433 words)

	PETA seeks wool boycott \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Without mulesing, as many as 3 million sheep could die each year of blowfly infestation - or flystrike - according to a statement from the industry association, Australian Wool Innovation Ltd., or AWI.
		PETA says mulesing alternatives - including chemical sprays, variations to diet and cross breeding - are already being practiced by farmers across Australia.
		But Scott Williams, the animal health and welfare spokesman for AWI, says mulesing is still the only method that offers lifetime protection to the sheep against flystrike, despite decades of research into possible alternatives.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/54739 (487 words)

	AR.net >> Discussion Forum >> A way around mulesing?
		US animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has called for a worldwide boycott of Australian wool over mulesing, where folds of skin are cut away from a lamb's backside so that a bald area develops.
		Scientists from the University of Adelaide and the AWI used sperm and eggs from the Smiths' bare-bum sheep to create embryos from which the first batch of lambs were born earlier this month.
		Industry officials say chemical dipping is an alternative to mulesing to prevent flystrike but is less desirable because it is a short-term solution and can leave residues in wool.
	www.animalrights.net /81324 (471 words)

	Mulesing: taking out the pain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Scientific studies show mulesing and tail docking are the most practical, effective and humane methods of flystrike prevention available to Australian woolgrowers.
		Sheep which haven't been mulesed are also more difficult to crutch because of the skin wrinkles and it is difficult not to prick them or stab then in the behind.
		As to this self-imposed AWI date to replace the practice, Rose says it is a case of the industry trying to inflict its ideas on producers, many of whom may be unaware of the imposition date.
	kadina.yp-connect.net /~ypct/farming/06/08/08/1.html (1140 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		The Australian Veterinary Association, while conceding that mulesing was not ideal, said it considered the practice necessary for the sheep's overall welfare.
		Mulesing also received the backing of the government of Western Australia, a huge sheep-farming state comprising around one-third of the continent.
		But, as with mulesing, the Australian Veterinary Association is supportive of the trade, and earlier this year the association voted down a resolution calling on the government to ban it.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1298870.html?view=print (907 words)

	Discovery Institute - Bioethics - Articles/News - Tall Tales Down Under:
		Mulesing protects tens of millions of Australian sheep for their entire lives from suffering flystrike.
		Any objective and informed view must thus conclude that mulesing is an unfortunate but necessary and appropriate animal-management practice, which is why it is accepted by the Australian chief veterinary officer and the Australian Veterinary Association.
		This propaganda tactic is par for PETA's course, according to David Martosko, director of research at the Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to combating the threat of animal rights/liberation to the food and clothing industries.
	www.discovery.org /scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&program=Bioethics&id=2418 (1231 words)

	Standard Operating Procedures - sheepMulesing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mulesing may be carried out up to 12 months of age, but preferably at lamb marking in order to provide protection against breech and tail strike as early as possible in the life of the sheep and to confer lifetime protection.
		Mulesing is a skilled surgical task where lambs should be handled with care at every stage.
		Demonstrations should only be carried out by mulesing contractors accredited by the Livestock Contractors Association.
	www.agric.nsw.gov.au /reader/aw-sheep/13-mulesing.htm (342 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Crossing Continents \| Australian wool in animal rights row
		Mulesing is named after John Mules, who developed the practice in the 1930s as a way to prevent what is known as "flystrike".
		During the mulesing operation, there is no outward sign the sheep are in distress, but according to Temple Grantin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University: "Sheep are a prey species animal, and they tend to cover up the fact that they're hurt.
		Mulesing first came to the attention of US-based Peta last year when it saw a video of a sheep being mulesed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4699931.stm (720 words)

	Mulesing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mulesing is performed to save labour costs and is an economic decision.
		DR JOHN AUTY is a veterinarian with vast experience in the meat and sheep trade, who has also worked as an Agronomist, as a stud overseer in private practice, as Chief Commissioner for Soil Conservation and in the Department of Primary Industry.
		He says: "Mulesing is an admission by sheep breeders, that their animals do not possess the breeding required for survival in their area."
	www.animal-lib.org.au /lists/mulesing/mules.shtml (452 words)

	Wool Boycott Targets Australia Sheep Farmers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But a practice known as mulesing, which targets the nether regions of sheep, has been pushed in the faces of consumers by animal rights activists who claim the procedure is inhumane and outdated.
		Mulesing involves cutting folds of skin from around the anus of a lamb to create an area of smooth, tough skin.
		"Mulesing is a cheap, crude attempt to create smooth, scarred skin that is resistant to blowfly maggots, which can eat sheep alive," she said.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/08/0816_050816_woolboycott.html (578 words)

	mulesing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		PETA wants the number of Merino lambs mulesed each year to be reduced by 10 per cent this year, 20 per cent in 2006, 25 per cent in 2007, 25 per cent in 2008 and 20 per cent in 2009.
		Mulesed sheep MAY in fact become flybown, however the chance of this is far, far slimmer than if they were not mulesed.
		Mulesing is being phased out, perhaps you should stop being so pompous and 'righteous' and be satisfied that something is being done.
	www.vegsoc.org.au /forum_messages.asp?Thread_ID=1540&Topic_ID=9 (4602 words)

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