Merino Mulesed
1 due to the suffering caused by this procedure mulesing has been banned in new zealand however it can still be legally performed in australia and without any pain relief.
Merino mulesed. This chart shows merino wool of all categories including the lower quality lines. Despite australia being known by retailers as a mulesing country mr vandeleur believes growers who have ceased mulesing have a unique opportunity to promote themselves to retail brands who sell high quality merino garments. Mulesing is a common practice in australia for this purpose particularly on highly wrinkled merino sheep.
Currently there is enough non mulesed wool to meet demand but when things get back to normal no mr vandeleur said. Australian wool clip is 86 merino up to 245 micron and 14 cross bread of all types of the merino portion 73 is fleece wool and 27 is skirtings lambs bellies stains cotts etc. Hm perry ellis major fashion house hugo boss sporting goods giant adidas and numerous other companies have pledged to move away from mulesed wool or implemented an outright ban on wool from lambs who have been mulesed.
Mulesing is considered by some to be a skilled surgical task. This chart identified the mulesing status of the merino fleece wool. Mulesing can only affect flystrike on the area cut out and has no effect on flystrike on any other part of the animals body.