Maybe YOU and PETA should go find some facts before you run off at your mouth with bullshit and second hand lies.The propaganda your talking about has nothing to do with reality I for one dont mules but use a green elastic rubber band around tail that later drops off with out loss of blood it is humane.Other things being used are long lasting back line anti fly treatment,Lucitrap fly traps . regular stock monitoring.Drenching if you know what that is? Preventing scouring and dags.Crutching strategically."Better choices" programming registration endorses a pain relief product for docking tails.#### Telling lies about another countries primary industry is hateful and degrading to the spreader...

Maybe YOU and PETA should go find some facts before you run off at your mouth with bullshit and second hand lies.The propaganda your talking about has nothing to do with reality I for one dont mules but use a green elastic rubber band around tail that later drops off with out loss of blood it is humane.Other things being used are long lasting back line anti fly treatment,Lucitrap fly traps . regular stock monitoring.Drenching if you know what that is? Preventing scouring and dags.Crutching strategically."Better choices" programming registration endorses a pain relief product for docking tails.#### Telling lies about another countries primary industry is hateful and degrading to the spreader of bullshit ,so go get your facts straight, it also hurts honest growers genuine efforts to stop their animals from being eaten alive by blowfly's and affects their wool sales with acts of bastardry.Talk about some thing you know about please .

These photos and accusations come from an AUSTRALIAN website: http://www.thylazine.org/gallery/mules/

Plus this article stating that the treatment continues in Australia, though some are willing to change the practice but not all : Wool Aussies lead mulesing charge
19 June 2009

AUSTRALIA produces more unmulesed wool than any other country.

That's according to Australian Wool Innovation's production programs acting manager, Dr Paul Swan.

And Dr Swan believes growers could meet the December 2010 deadline for all wool to be produced unmulesed if they wanted to.

Dr Swan's message to Landmark's woolclasser forum in Bendigo in Victoria last week was more optimistic than that of his chairman...

These photos and accusations come from an AUSTRALIAN website: http://www.thylazine.org/gallery/mules/

Plus this article stating that the treatment continues in Australia, though some are willing to change the practice but not all : Wool Aussies lead mulesing charge
19 June 2009

AUSTRALIA produces more unmulesed wool than any other country.

That's according to Australian Wool Innovation's production programs acting manager, Dr Paul Swan.

And Dr Swan believes growers could meet the December 2010 deadline for all wool to be produced unmulesed if they wanted to.

Dr Swan's message to Landmark's woolclasser forum in Bendigo in Victoria last week was more optimistic than that of his chairman, Wal Merriman, who made his scepticism of the deadline known in Tasmania recently.

Dr Swan said the three alternatives to surgical mulesing were anti-flystrike clips, soon-to-be-released breeding values for bare-breech sheep and an intradermal treatment from Cobbett Technologies that would be available next year.

The anti-flystrike clips were now available from Leader Products.

Dr Swan said 60 per cent of this year's lambs would not be mulesed and 50-70 per cent of those that were mulesed would be treated with a painkiller.

He urged producers to declare whether their wool was from unmulesed sheep or from lambs that had had pain-relief treatment when they were mulesed.

"Many more producers could declare their wool than is happening," Dr Swan said.

AWEX data shows that 4 per cent of auction offerings was from unmulesed sheep while the declaration rate for the use of a painkiller when mulesing was 3 per cent and 2 per cent for the use of ani-flystrike clips.

AWEX quality programs manager Dr Kerry Hansford said the revised declaration form would show the "ceased mulesing and non-mulesed"' status as one, provided all sheep born on, or transferred to, a property in the previous 12 months were still unmulesed when shorn.

Dr Hansford said declarations for non-mulesed or "pain-relief" wool were recorded on buyer test certificates.

She said it wasn't enough for growers to say they were in the Better Choices program which involved pain-relief treatment Tri-Solfen.

"Better Choices is a quality assurance program and, as such, could not be transmitted on the test certificates," she said

This AUSTRALIAN text states that farmers continue practicing Mules...

AWEX quality programs manager Dr Kerry Hansford said the revised declaration form would show the "ceased mulesing and non-mulesed"' status as one, provided all sheep born on, or transferred to, a property in the previous 12 months were still unmulesed when shorn.

Dr Hansford said declarations for non-mulesed or "pain-relief" wool were recorded on buyer test certificates.

She said it wasn't enough for growers to say they were in the Better Choices program which involved pain-relief treatment Tri-Solfen.

"Better Choices is a quality assurance program and, as such, could not be transmitted on the test certificates," she said

This AUSTRALIAN text states that farmers continue practicing Mulesing and that it will be permitted until 2010 and the PETA request is to stop the practice before that date, which would be good for the wool industry AND for lambs, so please save your personal insults for your family, if that is the way you speak to one another, I do not insult people and do not expect it from others.

Oh Brighty and your loony fringe in PETA, worry about your own backyard Australia is worlds best practice when it comes to sustainable primary industries.The national wool declaration requires all wool to be identified as coming from mulesed or unmulesed sheep mobs.It also indicates whether these mobs were treated with pain relief.You are a Better Choices producer if you mules with pain relief or have ceased mulesing on your property.Best possible welfare practices are encouraged some of the measures I,v mentioned,integrated management based on observation and available methods & genetic tools coming along to manage fly strike.Mind your own business or sea kittens, take your medicine, PETA n...

Oh Brighty and your loony fringe in PETA, worry about your own backyard Australia is worlds best practice when it comes to sustainable primary industries.The national wool declaration requires all wool to be identified as coming from mulesed or unmulesed sheep mobs.It also indicates whether these mobs were treated with pain relief.You are a Better Choices producer if you mules with pain relief or have ceased mulesing on your property.Best possible welfare practices are encouraged some of the measures I,v mentioned,integrated management based on observation and available methods & genetic tools coming along to manage fly strike.Mind your own business or sea kittens, take your medicine, PETA nutters need it, if meat & wool not for you, lucky you.Some fringe group of nutters shouldnt have right to destroy an industry of the best producers in the world.Your selective crap from some Mulesing Contractor winging about possibility of loosing income is a bullshit red herring.

Fondly enough I have been thinking that I have in the past agreed with some of your clips.I felt it a bit bizarre that my livelihood can be attacked and my countries proud tradition of exporting the finest and best prepared wool in the world.The great pain and suffering of animals that slowly die of blood poisoning from being eaten alive by blowfly maggots had to be addressed.The currents efforts under way for best practice humain animal health improvements and my love of animals had to be defended, both native and introduced living in harmony in the natural environment grazing together is pleasing site. Lambs playing chasey together I wish I had a film clip of to post~The Better Choices pro...

Fondly enough I have been thinking that I have in the past agreed with some of your clips.I felt it a bit bizarre that my livelihood can be attacked and my countries proud tradition of exporting the finest and best prepared wool in the world.The great pain and suffering of animals that slowly die of blood poisoning from being eaten alive by blowfly maggots had to be addressed.The currents efforts under way for best practice humain animal health improvements and my love of animals had to be defended, both native and introduced living in harmony in the natural environment grazing together is pleasing site. Lambs playing chasey together I wish I had a film clip of to post~The Better Choices programming registration has only recently began and it is the first time I and many growers will have had mail from them for registration.~There are many Muslim/African/Jewish/Sth American countries and Socialist Russian/ Asian more worthy of your attention indeed English/Scottish sheep production; do they have as high standards of animal husbandry as Australia I think we all know the answer.NO ! If my comments have offended you then I apologize and there is no reason to address my family like you suggest as they are not spreading bad press lies and misleading information damaging my livelihood.The Industry is always changing and progressive.Rudd or NO Rudd!