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Wool industry promotion of steining as solution to mulesing premature: RSPCA
The RSPCA is concerned that recent promotion of the ‘steining’ method of preventing flystrike in sheep fails to address the animal welfare concerns associated with this method.
Time is running out for mulesing as major fashion retailers announce phase out
RSPCA Australia has welcomed the decision from Country Road Group and David Jones to source certified non-mulesed wool for their wool and wool-rich clothing range by winter 2025, as further
RSPCA statement on Tri-Solfen
The RSPCA has welcomed the news that animal pain relief product Tri-Solfen is now also registered for dehorning and disbudding of beef and dairy calves, as well as providing pain relief post-mulesi
The Painful Silence of the Lambs
RSPCA Australia is calling on wool producers to use pain relief this lamb marking season. A low-cost, practical pain relief solution for mulesing has been available for years.
RSPCA welcomes shearers push to improve sheep welfare
RSPCA Australia has congratulated the Shearing Contractors’ Association of Australia (SCAA) for their public push calling on the wool industry to implement an anti-mulesing campaign.
