Hong Kongs Giordano joins Aussie wool campaign
Animal rights groups have campaigned against mulesing, the practice of cutting a slice of flesh from lambs rear ends to prevent the animal dying of flystrike the infestation of flesh-eating maggots.
We will urge our vendors to stop using wool grown from mulesed sheep so long as commercial alternatives are easily available, said the retailer, which has more than 2,400 outlets in Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
US-based group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has spearheaded the campaign against mulesing, which it describes as barbaric, said Giordano set a worthy example and urged other retailers to follow suit.
Consumers in China and across Asia are shocked to learn about Australias dirty little secret, mulesing, said PETA Asia vice-president Jason Baker.
PETAs efforts have seen major fashion companies such as Hugo Boss, Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch and Adidas shun Australian wool.
Farmers in Australia, one of the worlds major wool producers, however insist that the practice is necessary to prevent many slow and painful deaths. AFP
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