Live lamb cutting highlights the flaws in Australia’s animal welfare system. Explore how systemic failures enable cruelty and how we can reforms the system.

A new published report, The Broken Promise: The Australian wool industry’s failure to end live lamb cutting, and why government must step in, calls out systemic issues within the wool industry.

The Australian Alliance for Animals, FOUR PAWS and Humane Society International Australia have joined forces to call out systemic issues with​in​ the wool industry in a new published report, The Broken Promise: The Australian wool industry’s failure to end live lamb cutting, and why government must step in.

Every year in Australia, over 10 million lambs are subjected to a painful surgical procedure called live lamb cutting, traditionally known as mulesing. The continued use of this cruel practice, despite the availability of an ethical alternative, highlights the failures within Australia’s animal welfare system.