{"id":757461,"date":"2019-06-14T08:29:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=757461"},"modified":"2019-06-14T08:29:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:29:45","slug":"anti-wool-activists-stage-disturbing-protests-with-bloody-lamb-in-central-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=757461","title":{"rendered":"Anti-wool activists stage &#8216;disturbing&#8217; protests with bloody \u2018lamb\u2019 in central Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The organization directed people to its video expos\u00e9s of the wool industry in Australia and around the world, which showed shearers punching sheep in the face, stamping on heads and necks, and jabbing them with electric clippers.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEWS.COM.AU:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Animals right activists staged a &#8216;disturbing&#8217; protest in Sydney\u2019s city centre, posing drenched in fake blood and holding a mutilated sheep puppet. Two female protesters from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) held up signs reading \u201cSheep suffer \u2014 ditch wool\u201d and \u201cSheep kicked and beaten for wool\u201d as they urged shoppers at Pitt Street Mall not to buy wool this winter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The organization directed people to its \u201cvideo expos\u00e9s of the wool industry around the world, including Australia\u201d, which it said showed shearers punching sheep in the face, stamping on heads and necks, and jabbing them with electric clippers. It claimed lambs were deliberately mutilated and left with bloody open wounds, had their tails chopped off, and were castrated without pain relief.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cSheep are gentle prey animals who are petrified of even being held down, yet they endure vicious beatings and sustain bloody wounds and broken limbs when they\u2019re used for wool,\u201d said a PETA press release. \u201cWithout human interference, sheep produce just the right amount of wool to keep them warm in the winter and shed it naturally during the warmer months. \u201cIt\u2019s arrogant to think that the animals whose bodies we have altered in order to make money wouldn\u2019t be scared when we pin them down to rob them of their coats&#8221;.&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/nsw-act\/news\/antiwool-activists-from-peta-stage-disturbing-protests-with-bloody-lamb-in-sydney-city-centre\/news-story\/1b6415d56f5453d9f6d305b2498b1f0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TOt3EWbbM1s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS.COM.AU: &#8216;Animals right activists staged a &#8216;disturbing&#8217; protest in Sydney\u2019s city centre, posing drenched in fake blood and holding a mutilated sheep puppet. 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