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Compassionate head-tilting just reached a whole new level. Witness compassionate tilt-head mugshots, courtesy of PETA critter-killers.
(Via reader Tim L)
That’s a different Tim L.
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2005 06 21 at 07:12 PM • permalinkGod I hate PETA and all it stands for.
PETA’s current campaign is to try to get clothing companies to ban the use of Australian wool because of what it calls the ‘barbaric’ practice of mulesing. For those of you who don’t know what mulesing is, it is the removal of the layer of wrinkly skin about the merino sheep’s anus. Australian wool growers do not do it to other sheep breeds, as it costs a lot of money to do (there is a high degree of skill involved, as you do not want to cut into the flesh, so you need contractors as a general rule). The only reason it is done to merinos is that they tend to get a lot of their feaces stuck on the wool around their anus (these are then called dags, which BTW is the origin of the slang endearment for a silly mate that sticks around a lot).
The subsequent cluster of dags around the anus creates bacterial infections in the folds of skin that is very attractive to blowflies. The resulting maggots subsequently burrow into the skin, and travel right through the sheep, slowly eating it alive. I once found a fly blown sheep that have maggots eating out her eyeballs after travelling under the skin all the way along her backbone.
On a mulsed sheep, once the skin grows back after mulesing, it is smooth, and does not have a lot of wool. The sheep ends up with few or no dags on her bum, and thus is much less likely to be flyblown. While it sounds macarbe, I would rather go through a major skinning of my arse than be slowly eaten alive by maggots. But because mulesing LOOKS bad, these PETA lunatics want the practice stopped. Obviously, they have never had to put down a maggot infested ewe. The stench is unbelievable, and the obvious pain the animal is suffering VASTLY exceeds the pain of mulesing.I only a request for our American friends. Next winter, buy wool, and make sure it is a fine woolled, australian merino fleece that goes into that jacket or jumper (aka sweater)so at least you will nejoy the garment. And when you make the purchase, tell the shop keeper it is because you disagree with PETA, want to protect Australian sheep from being fly blown, and want to support your Australian friends.
They’ll have to round up some more strays and sell them to a poshintang parlour to cover the fines- after all, there’s good scratch in dogs.
The French are getting into some head tilting following the referendum on the European Constitution. Check out sorry Europe but I voted YES site…
Posted by Villeurbanne on 2005 06 22 at 01:21 AM • permalinkWell, Achillea, any fine wool suit, especially italian ones, would be made of merino wool. If suits aren’t your bag, look for the the woolmark logo on the label of what you are thinking of buying. It’s a pretty good marker for quality wool fabric.
Re ‘sorry Europe but I voted YES’ site. It is sad to see that they have so few “sorries” (as you could call them); almost unchanged after a week. What about we antipodeans help them out with a few vicarious sorries; you just need a camera and a tilt and away you go.
Posted by arnienelly on 2005 06 22 at 06:07 AM • permalink
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