This announcement was well timed PETA, well done again!

Posted by: John Carmody | August 4, 2009 04:15 PM

I always thought ambercrombie and fitch was evil ill start wearing there stuff now that I know they are anti-animal cruitly

Posted by: tinkerbellrae | August 4, 2009 05:38 PM

The animal rights movement most improve and spread in Australia. It's a bucolic nation replete with majestic terrestrial and aquatic wildlife species.

Posted by: Brien Comerford | August 4, 2009 07:34 PM

H&M! Nice! I love that store!

Posted by: Audrey | August 4, 2009 10:18 PM

So to stop mulesing immediately, what would be the effect on the sheep? What are the alternatives to mulesing? Do people realise that there is huge pressure within the wool industry to phase out mulesing and to use more labour intensive, but animal welfare sound practices, like crutching? A bucolic nation? Please do not judge us by our minority of sheep graziers, our animal rights movement is strong and very well established, we don't need PETA, we have the RSPCA, Animal Rights and Rescue, Animal Rights Australia, Animal Liberation, the list goes on.

Posted by: Julian | August 6, 2009 08:35 AM

stop all torture of animals -- how would you feel being tortured? one day Karma will catch up on you and you will suffer more than these wonderful animals. Then we cannot help you, it will be too late because Karma (the law of cause and effect) is infallible -- gaby

Posted by: HOLLMANN | August 6, 2009 04:27 PM

we must respect all animals,love them and protect them

Posted by: yanna athanassiadi | August 6, 2009 04:30 PM

Stop wearing wool, period. Stop eating all animal products, stop wearing all animal products, and let everybody around you know why you've done this.

Posted by: Peter | August 6, 2009 05:27 PM

Shame on you.

Posted by: Margreet Steendijk | August 6, 2009 06:51 PM

you know.. I can't remember the last time I bought wool anything.. Australian or no Australian wool.. hmm.. and if I ever did have a mad urge to buy something woollen I'll make it a conscious decision NOT to purchase it if sourced from down under!!
I guess that makes it safe for me to shop at Next then now.. that's good..

Posted by: lizbet | August 6, 2009 06:57 PM

Brien Comerford: It's all very well to sit in judgement, but what about coming up with an alternative? Have you ever seen a fly-blown sheep? I have and never want to see it again!!!! Your criticism of Australia as a whole is a bit rich - your country is animal cruelty free, right?

Posted by: Wendy King | August 6, 2009 08:25 PM

If the Queen and Pope follow next as the high profile next ones,one hopes that will send a signal to christiandom to be humane and kind to all Gods Creation.Don Williams of Christian Vegetarian Society of UK has joined Ghandi King Foundation of USA and by being shoulder to shoulder in humanity and compassion,hope folks top down will make the world a better place for our childrens children.

Posted by: Ravi Pandya | August 7, 2009 02:40 AM

Well, obviously none of you have seen what happens to a sheep that hasnt been mulesed. The flies lay their eggs in the sheeps backside, and when they hatch, they proceed to eat the sheep from the inside, and there is nothing that the poor old sheep can do. So ask yourselves please, would you prefer this, or some useless strips of flesh cut off. Its like you believe that they do this for fun. Very uninformed, but thats what everyone expects from peta

Posted by: Lance | August 7, 2009 02:53 AM

I don't think this is cruel because when that skin is not taken off their poop sticks to the wool and their bottoms start to rot, it's called fly- blown. It's the same as docking a lamb's tail, it's not to be cruel it's so they don't die painful, slow deaths. Personally I think there has to be some give and take to make this work. There is a big difference between torture and keeping an animal safe and healthy in the long run.

Posted by: Ross | August 7, 2009 03:49 AM

Time is endless. Moral intellect too. So...

Posted by: raoul lenders | August 7, 2009 10:07 AM

Lance.. I believe the poor sheep have been genetically bred by (humans.. who else).. to grow far more excess skin than they would normally have. in this way in order to produce more wool.. get it?..
now.. the fact the poor sheep are fodder now in hot weahter for flies to lay their eggs in their crinkly skin folds.. well I can only say.. its the HUMANS fault and carving off big slabs of their skin is no solution.. they caused the problem htey have to solve it.. ie. how about re-modifiying genetically the poor sheep so they dont' grow all this excessive crinkly skin??
ps.. I think it's you are ill informed.. not peta..
dont' blame the sheep and then starve carving slabs of its skin and flesh.. (can you even BEGIN to imagine the immense pain and continuing pain??).. you dont' problems with more cruelty. and this is a def. cruelty case. if ever if you ask me..

Posted by: bet | August 7, 2009 06:06 PM

screw wool use synthetic!

Posted by: candice | August 8, 2009 05:11 AM

Still gonna eat their flesh though. I mean, I'm an animal lover and I don't dig on all this cruelty goin' on but we all still have leather wallets and shoes and jackets and we all still eat meat and drink milk. Only that the American consumer prefers more humanely kept animals and their by products. Sounds grisly I know, but its true. Right?

Posted by: Richard | August 8, 2009 01:03 PM

I am happy that the cruel practice mulesing mutilation is coming to work fine.
Nice work PETA
giovanna
italia

Posted by: giovanna | August 9, 2009 05:16 AM

Da, comrades, this is good. Very good. Now if only we could stop this torture in my land of Russia..

Posted by: Vladislav | August 10, 2009 09:31 AM