PETA Calls On Clothing Company to Reject Wool From Mulesed Sheep
For Immediate Release:
June 20, 2012
Contact:
Kaitlynn Kelly 202-483-7382
New York -- Fifth Avenue shoppers will be treated to a surreal sight on Thursday, courtesy of PETA, which will dispatch a flock of "sheep" to UNIQLO's flagship store. Armed with a banner that reads, "UNICRUEL," and posters reading, "Stop Mutilating Sheep," the costumed PETA members will call on UNIQLO to join the many international retailers—including Muji, H&M, Gap Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch, and HUGO BOSS, among others—that refuse to buy wool from Australian farmers who mutilate sheep in a practice called "mulesing," in which large chunks of skin and flesh are cut from lambs' backsides in a crude, cruel, and often ineffective attempt to prevent maggot infestation.
When: Thursday, June 21, 12 noon
Where: UNIQLO, 666 Fifth Ave. (near the intersection with W. 53rd Street), New York
"Consumers know that there's nothing fashionable about cutting raw flesh from baby animals' backsides with gardening shears," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Australia is the only country in the world that still clings to mulesing—and if UNIQLO doesn't act soon, it may end up as one of the last major retailers in the world that still condones this cruel practice."
For more information, please visit PETA.org.