Post by HAZ on Mar 23, 2005 11:53:41 GMT -5
This Monday (28th) there will be a small demo outside United colours of Bennetton, inside the 'Capitol' arcade in Cardiff.
If you are interested in joining us on the demo and want more information feel free to contact me via email: globalrising@hotmail.co.uk
The demo will start at 12 until 2
We're calling on Benetton to Stop Buying Australian Wool and Help Eliminate the Two Worst Abuses Suffered by Sheep in the Wool Industry. By encouraging the public to boycott Bennetton we're putting huge pressure on the company to go cruelty free and ditch australian wool.
In Australia, lambs are put through a gruesome procedure called mulesing, in which huge chunks of skin are sliced from the animals' backsides, with no painkillers given to the animals. Then, when their wool production declines, sheep are shipped to the Middle East on open-deck ships. These journeys, which can last months, are to countries where animal welfare standards are non-existent. So the suffering sheep are dragged off the ships, loaded into trucks, sometimes upside-down, and then have their throats slit while they are fully conscious.
This is how the tortured sheep end up
Although there are alternatives to mulesing and live export, it is because companies like Benetton continue to purchase wool from them that Australian farmers have no incentive to change. Benetton can change this by refusing to purchase wool from Australia, at least until mulesing and live export are stopped.
By attending the demo you will be increasing the pressure put on this multi million dollar corporation and urge them to set their standards higher.
This sheep died during the live export
Click on the link below to view the shocking footage taken
www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=save_the_sheep
For more information on how you can help visit
www.unitedcrueltyofbennetton.com
