GRAPHIC CONTENT: Stella McCartney drops sick wool supplier which skins sheep ALIVE

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Express

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Stella McCartney drops sick wool supplier which skins sheep ALIVE

STELLA McCartney has dropped her wool supplier after horrific video footage exposed extreme animal cruelty on sheep farms in Argentina.

By Selina Sykes
PUBLISHED: 22:05, Fri, Aug 14, 2015 | UPDATED: 23:42, Fri, Aug 14, 2015

The highly disturbing video revealed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shows graphic abuse on "sustainable" wool farms run by Ovis 21, which also supply the British designer and clothes company Patagonia.

The wool, which audacious producers claim is responsibly sourced is also sold in John Lewis and Snow and Rock chains, stocking the Patagonia clothing line. John Lewis said it had raised concerns with the brand.

The gruesome video shows workers sawing through lambs' necks and then watching them bleed, vomit and flail her legs in desperation.

Shearers are also seen snapping animals' necks, kneeling on conscious lambs, stamping on sheep's legs and cutting parts of their ears and tails off, as other terrified animals watch.

Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/598508/Stella-McCartney-sheep-wool-supplier

[RKP5637]

1. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth should be applied to these inhumane savages. n/t

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Not even the decency to kill it first. Good fucking lord.

[Journeyman]

3. If nothing else, you'd think the job would be easier if the animal were dead. . .

[Kelvin Mace]

4. People who do this should

have the word "monster" tatooed on their face as a warning to others what they are capable of.

[LiberalElite]

5. I hope if there are cruelty

laws in Argentina they can be used against these bastards. However, before we all get on our high horses in outrage, in our own country farm animals are pretty much unprotected.

http://aldf.org/resources/advocating-for-animals/farmed-animals-and-the-law/

[diabeticman]

6. WaitDumb question But I thought getting wool from the sheep wasn't harmful to them.

I remember my friends farm they had 1/2 dozen sheep The friend's father would shave the wool off then send them field. They seemed to enjoy how they felt after the cut. leaping.

Am I missing something?


I can't get the link open.

[FLPanhandle]

9. Getting wool from sheep doesn't harm them

Not sure what this is or if PETA can be trusted.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. PETA's agenda is to stop the use of ALL animal products

Even things like wool that are harvested without harming the animals.

That being said, the farm in question may supply sheepskin as well as wool. In any case, there is absolutely no excuse for inhumane slaughter or animal cruelty. Like leather, sheepskin is usually a byproduct of meat production.

[ET Awful]

15. Unfortunately, you're wrong.

In large scale operations, shearing sheep very often cause severe cuts, etc. Not with small scale farmers, as they actually care about their animals in most cases.

Hell, even the SPCA acknowledges that sheep can be injured in the process. http://kb.rspca.org.au/what-are-the-animal-welfare-issues-with-shearing-of-sheep_603.html

I haven't watched this particular video yet, but I've actually seen live shearing of sheep and seen the cuts and injuries it produces.

With large scale operations, they are trying to move very quickly and injuries are highly probable. It might come as a shock to you, but any time you put a metal cutting device near skin, the potential for injury exists.

You might want to do some research before you spout blanket statements.

[imthevicar]

7. I see nothing but some poor Photo shop work.

Peta lost all it's cred when it pushed it's no Kill shelters that killed all too quickly.

[Judi Lynn]

12. I support any humans in the world who seek to protect those who cannot find help

to end their suffering.

People who attempt to smear groups like this should take a deep look at their own lack of concern for helpless, suffering, mute creatures who have absolutely no one to come to their aid at the hands of true monsters.

Sad there are people who see love and caring and respect for sentient beings as weakness.

[hobbit709]

8. That's not wool. Wool you just shear the sheep and send them on their way.

Now if they're using sheepskins , then you have to kill the sheep but why go through all that.
Something isn't right here.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Video shows sheep being 'mutilated, punched and skinned alive' by farm workers

Video shows sheep being 'mutilated, punched and skinned alive' by farm workers
Marty Graham
Friday 14 August 2015

Animal rights activists have released footage of farm workers in Argentina slashing lambs with knives, prompting an outdoor clothing maker Patagonia Inc to apologise and launch an investigation into the practices of one of its suppliers.

The graphic four-minute video, published by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), was allegedly filmed in the Ovis 21 farm network, which provides merino wool used in Patagonia's base layers and insulation.

It shows cruel treatment of lambs and sheep, including castration and the docking of tails. Some lambs are stabbed in the neck with knives, and at least one is skinned while apparently still alive.

Clothing company Patagonia, which highlights its commitment to sustainability and responsible sourcing, said in a statement the footage was "as disturbing as anything PETA puts out."

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/video-shows-sheep-being-mutilated-punched-and-skinned-alive-by-farm-workers-10455986.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. sick!

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. movie 21 :Livestock farming of the future, today._ contact page

http://ovis21.com/en/
http://ovis21.com/en/contacts/

USA contact

[jwirr]

16. Sick? Evil.

[JudyM]

17. Whatever its flaws, PETA does a helluva lot of good. Nt

[Little Tich]

18. I don't trust anything from PETA, they don't give a damn about the truth.

Look at the picture of the sheared sheep for example, it's so badly sheared that the one who did probably got sacked on the spot. Mulesing of lambs is a common practice in some areas to prevent flystrike, and while there are alternatives, they are not easy to implement. The pictures don't prove a thing, unfortunately.

Perhaps if there were some reputable source (as in not PETA) for this alleged case of animal cruelty?

[Sunlei]

22. You're a cat lover. You don't trust that Peta uses the court system to save usa cats from this?

Took 3 years but no one else cared to 'fight' through the legal system to help these cats.

http://www.peta.org/features/uw-madison-cruelty/

[Little Tich]

24. I don't like laboratory experiments on animals, but I don't trust PETA either.

This is obviously an example when PETA has been involved in a genuine case of animal cruelty, but too often PETA has tried to exaggerate things beyond recognition. Unfortunately, they're simply not reliable.

[yellowcanine]

27. Not sure using a PETA website to defend PETA is very convincing.

Just sayin'.

[Sunlei]

28. I appreciate the hundreds of horrible places Peta has shut down, using our legal processes.

Many quite recently like the 'Madison cat lab' cats kept alive for months with steel headgear bolted into their skulls. The link in the post you just answered.

Peta also shut down some of our military medical 'training' recently.

live animals torn-up and broken, held down so combat medics can 'practice' combat trauma 'field work' on a screaming, living, bleeding body.

[yellowcanine]

29. PETA's own accounts of their accomplishments is not convincing. Sorry.

No matter how many times you repeat them.

[Sunlei]

33. Some people don't care about stopping grievous, horrific animal abuse as much as others.

IMO, Kind of like republicans that tar 'everything Obama' with the same brush.

[yellowcanine]

34. Making up stuff doesn't help and actually hurts the cause.

PETA has little credibility left and they rank lower than other animal welfare charities so your "some people don't care" is simply not true.

[Sunlei]

37. That's your opinion. I'm thankful Peta stands up and does what they can to help.

[yellowcanine]

41. Not all just my opinion. PETA ranks low compared to other animal welfare orgs.

Charity Name & State:Overall Score (100% max):Overall Rating (5 stars max)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (VA): 72.38: 2 stars

PetSmart Charities (AZ): 94.81: 4 stars

Alley Cat Allies (MD): 93.14: 4 stars

The Humane Society of the United States(DC): 86.43: 3 stars

Last Chance for Animals (CA): 91.74: 4 stars

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4314#.Vc88KPlViko

[ncjustice80]

19. I don't get it- people are against fur/leather, but then they wear wool?

WTH is wrong with people

[awoke_in_2003]

42. Wool can be harvested

without killing the sheep.

[yellowcanine]

20. Doesn't make sense - wool is not from skinned animals

This is looking more and more like a setup by PETA to me. How do we know where and when the video was taken and if it is one video or an amalgamation of videos from different sources/times?

[Sunlei]

25. some types of 'wool' used in some fashion clothes are attached to the skin/hide of the animal.

It's an industry. here's a link so you can see over 1,000 items for sale to wholesalers. plenty are made from newborn lambs wool/with skins. even some dog and cat 'trimmed' fur items in there for cuffs and hood trims, toys and by the way those trims and toys are allowed in the usa without label of course.

http://www.alibaba.com/Animal-Fur_pid100000937


you can see items like this-

"
KLP07 Top Quality Curly Kalgan Lamb Fur Skin Plate FOB Price:
Get Latest Price, Min.Order Quantity:
50 Piece/Pieces Samples are available
Supply Ability:
5000 Piece/Pieces per Month

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/KLP07-Top-Quality-Curly-Kalgan-Lamb_60075226724.html?spm=a2700.7724856.35.1.Hoa2UY

[yellowcanine]

26. Off topic though, this is about "sustainable wool" for Patagonia, etc.

The highly disturbing video revealed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shows graphic abuse on "sustainable" wool farms run by Ovis 21, which also supply the British designer and clothes company Patagonia.

Lambskins are not even "wool" by anyone's (except perhaps PETA) definition, let alone "sustainable wool."

[Sunlei]

36. Corps like to use the words, sustainable, organic, humane on their products. They refrain from ment

Corps refrain from mentioning with these 10,000- 100,000 sheep 'farms' what happens to old sheep, what happens to the offspring of those wool sheep.

They don't just clip the wool off twice a year 'sustainable', they breed them and use the offspring as a $$ 'product' too. In Corp talk, if those sheep eat just grass and breed, produce offspring. that operation is 'sustainable'.

sus·tain·a·ble
/səˈstānəb(ə l/
adjective
adjective: sustainable
1. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
"sustainable fusion reactions"
•conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.
"our fundamental commitment to sustainable development"

[Marrah_G]

21. Something about this doesn't make any sense

You don't kill an animal to gather wool. If you did then you can't sheer that animal in the future....

Also, as an avid crocheter of natural fiber i'd advise people to look online for farmers you can buy from directly.

[dembotoz]

23. Validity must be check

I do not want to think Peta is no better than breibart

[yellowcanine]

30. PETA compared to other animal welfare charities (Charity Navigator)

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Charity Name & State:Overall Score (100% max):Overall Rating (5 stars max)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (VA): 72.38: 2 stars

PetSmart Charities (AZ): 94.81: 4 stars

Alley Cat Allies (MD): 93.14: 4 stars

The Humane Society of the United States(DC): 86.43: 3 stars

Last Chance for Animals (CA): 91.74: 4 stars

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4314#.Vc88KPlViko

This doesn't really say anything about the validity of their investigative tactics but in terms of an independent measure of their effectiveness of a charity, I would tend to give to any of these other animal welfare charities before PETA.

[kaiden]

31. I cannot watch this as I have fiber goats.

In March, shearers from Australia and New Zealand come to the U.S. and branch out throughout the states to work at local farms shearing goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, camels, bison and yaks. The animals get a nice crew cut and it takes about 10 minutes per animal. None of the animals are injured. Perhaps this video shows the harvesting of sheepskin which does come from dead sheep. (Aparently in South America, these bastards can't even be bothered to kill the sheep first.) This is one more reason not to wear Uggs.

[yellowcanine]

32. Perhaps the video was heavily edited.

The way they apparently incorporated tail docking, castration, skinning and shearing into the same video would strongly suggest that imo. Skilled shearers attempt to make the process as stress free as possible (any handling of animals can be stressful - ever take a dog to a vet?) and they also avoid injuring the animals. If they do cut an animal during the process, the wound is treated immediately and stitched up if necessary. Obviously this slows down the process so reputable shearers are going to make sure that it doesn't happen very often and careless/less skilled shearers are going to be out of work.

[Sunlei]

38. you can see by the posts many people don't realize some wool is from skins & some sheep 'farms'

can have 100,000 sheep in their 'herds.' And they have 100s of 'workers' many who aren't very humane people.

That's why the internet is such a 'great equalizer'. It's wonderful free publicity to shame Corps by exposing them.

[Sunlei]

39. That's really cool, I didn't know there were 'fiber goats'. Is their wool like alpaca wool?

[kaiden]

43. There are two breeds:

Angora goats' fiber is mohair; cashmere goats are, well, cashmere. Angora fiber, on the other hand, comes from rabbits.

I have two angora goats and four pygoras, crosses between pygmy and angora. I love all the kid videos on social media. Goats are wonderful, smart, loving, and funny. However, once they are grown, they are about the size of jersey barriers, and just as immovable.

There are six kinds of camelid: Bactrian, Dromedary, Llama, Alpaca, Vicuna, and Guanaca. The four latter camelids all live in the New World; llamas originated in North America, but migrated south into Peru about 40,000 years ago.

These ruminants, as well as poor sheep everywhere, deserve better than what happens when nobody is looking.

[lonestarnot]

35. WTF. Wool is from sheared sheep, not skinned sheep. Someone needs to go to jail.

[MrMickeysMom]

40. Since watching a film about animal raised corporately, I cannot continue to watch...

The best thing you can do for the earth is to stop buying this stuff, regardless of how this film is viewed.

That's where I'd headed one step at a time.