LEADING ethical wool marketer, the New Zealand Merino Company, has suspended two farms from its ZQ program after anti-wool activist group PETA released video footage of alleged cruel treatment of ...

An animal rights group says it is glad MPI is taking action, but "history shows us that cases of animal abuse ... typically go unpunished".

"PETA is calling on Benetton to stop buying Australian wool and help eliminate the two worst abuses suffered by sheep in the wool industry", said Matt Prescott Los Angeles coordinator of the campaign.

PETA has been updated on the progress of the investigation into the rampant abuse in the New Zealand wool industry, sparked by our documentation. What we have revealed so far is just the tip of the ...

That's the response from Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury meat and wool chairperson Ross Bowmar to the footage released by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) of mistreatment of sheep ...

PETA has been updated on the progress of the investigation into the rampant abuse ... While certifications like ZQ claim to provide ‘humane’ wool, our findings reveal that abuse is widespread, ...

The first phase of a Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) investigation into allegations of mistreatment of sheep connected to shearing practices ...