This is what the Aussie sheep farmer is up against and how they solve a problem such as maggot infested sheep. If PETA were about making animal lives easier they would support the farmers as they work towards curing their sheep from certain painful deaths.
http://www.woolisbest.com/animal_welfare/mulesing/
When you trappers are out and trying to set up rapport with farmers it is wise to expose the fact that anti fur campaigns are driven by the same folks that castigate farmers using milking machines, museling to save their sheep, dehorning, debeaking, castration and other animal husbandry programs. Learn to tackle these issues in such a way that the farmers recognize that the people attacking us with lies, are also attacking the farmers with lies.
AUS celebrities line up against PETA (Fibre2Fashion)
Fibre 2 Fashion
Celebrities join rank for cause of wool
June 30, 2008 (Australia)
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/fashion-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=58969 A group of Australian celebrities have joined ranks to back Australian
farmers in the face of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals'
(PETA) anti-mulesing campaign.
The "Get off our backs" campaign is being promoted by Sydney-based
News Limited publication The Daily Telegraph and sees high profile
Australians turning the tables on PETA's own celebrity-backed efforts.
Leading Australian fashion designers Alex Perry and Jayson Brunsdon,
singers Shannon Noll, Gina Jeffreys and John Williamson, Australian
rugby player Nathan Hindmarsh and models Kristy Hinze and Sidney
Roberts have all joined the campaign.
"I understand where [PETA] are coming from, there needs to be
alternatives to mulesing, but give farmers a chance to develop it," Mr
Perry told The Daily Telegraph, who is also a judge on Australia's
Next Top Model.
"Wool is a huge export and the rest of the world gets our best, but
PETA goes to the extreme and it doesn't understand how it impacts on
our industry."
Jayson Brunsdon, the designer behind a number of Australian Merino
wool garments worn by Princess Mary of Denmark and former Miss
Universe, Jennifer Hawkins, is a huge supporter of the industry.
"I love working with wool. It's reusable, sustainable and
biodegradable," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"You can shave it off the sheep's back and grow it out the next year
without killing any animal."
Retail chains Myer, Cue and Country Road, the biggest Australian buyer
of Australian Merino wool, have also rallied behind growers.
Australia's Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke also supports the
campaign, saying, "a boycott is a punishing blow for our farmers who
have done nothing wrong – in the middle of our country's toughest
drought."
Don Hamblin, Chairman of the Australian Wool and Sheep Industry
Taskforce Operations Group said: "this "Get off our backs" campaign
has provided woolgrowers with a much needed reprieve from the sense of
isolation created by the increasing pressure they've felt from
activists and retailers since PETA began its global campaign four
years ago."
Wool Is Best