Goal: Ban the disgusting practice of cutting off a lamb’s skin in an operation called mulesing.
Sheep raised for wool often undergo horrific maiming called mulesing. When a lamb is six to ten weeks old, he or she will be held down and pieces of skin around on the rump are cut off of their bodies. Or they will have clamps fastened on to their skin until it atrophies and falls off. These mutilating operations are performed without anesthesia, and the sheep are rarely given pain killers.
This abhorrent practice is disgusting and needs to stop.
Following the procedure, lambs will stand in a hunched position, and they lose weight, socialize less, and spend less time lying down and feeding. These are a sheep’s expressions of pain, and they will persist for 5 to 7 weeks until the wound has fully healed.