PHOENIX URGES END TO LAMB MUTILATION IN AUSTRALIA
Actor JOAQUIN PHOENIX has joined forces with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to campaign against the slaughtering of lambs by Australian farmers.
The Walk The Line star has faxed a letter on behalf of PETA to Peter McGauran - Australia’s minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, urging him to end the practise of "mulesing’- the process of cutting chunks of skin and flesh from lambs without using painkillers.
The letter reads, "I used to think that wool came from animals who were merely sheared and allowed to live fairly decent lives.
"I was shocked to learn from my friends at PETA that Australian farmers cut huge chunks of skin and flesh from lambs’ backsides without any painkillers ..
"Won’t you please step in and push the wool industry to do the right thing, right now?"
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