Australia accounts for one quarter of all wool exports and 50% of merino wool - see http://www.nff.org.au/commodities-wool.html and http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/...&num=&view=
So clearly there are important implications for the Australian economy. That is why the government there is bringing in "AG-Gag" laws to prevent cruelty being filmed. It also explains why the federal agricultural minister was unwilling to investigate the people shown committing these acts of violence against the sheep. He only wanted to catch the people who had filmed the cruelty!
BTW this is not an anti-Australian thread. Cruelty during shearing exists also in many other countries. I am opposed to cruelty against sheep in any country of the world, especially as they are such gentle creatures.
So clearly there are important implications for the Australian economy. That is why the government there is bringing in "AG-Gag" laws to prevent cruelty being filmed. It also explains why the federal agricultural minister was unwilling to investigate the people shown committing these acts of violence against the sheep. He only wanted to catch the people who had filmed the cruelty!
BTW this is not an anti-Australian thread. Cruelty during shearing exists also in many other countries. I am opposed to cruelty against sheep in any country of the world, especially as they are such gentle creatures.
