New Zealand prohibits the practice of mulesing in sheep

Kristen Frost
Updated September 11 2018 - 2:04pm, first published September 10 2018 - 2:00pm
TIME TO HIGHTAIL IT: New Zealand have introduced a regulation where a person must not, by any method, remove the breech, tail skin folds, or tail skin wrinkles of a sheep. The changes will come into effect October 1 this year.
TIME TO HIGHTAIL IT: New Zealand have introduced a regulation where a person must not, by any method, remove the breech, tail skin folds, or tail skin wrinkles of a sheep. The changes will come into effect October 1 this year.

The New Zealand Government has moved to ban the practice of mulseing sheep, introducing legislation to under the Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) act. 

Kristen Frost

Kristen Frost

National Sheep and Wool Writer

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