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August 29, 2011
Animal rights in Spotlight
Animal rights in spotlight amid live export row ABC Online Mr Pearson says ultimately sheep bred for fly resistance will be the only acceptable solution to fly strike, but in the meantime farmers should be using pain relief on their lambs. He says a new pre-operative sedative now also being trialled by the …Read More
August 22, 2011
Pain Relief – ABC Landline
Reporter: Sean Murphy ANNE KRUGER, PRESENTER: This year about 5 per cent of Merino sheep across southern Australia have died from blow fly strike. It’s a shocking and agonising death, and for most growers the controversial practice of mulesing is the most effective way of saving their sheep. Sean Murphy reports on trials of new …
August 5, 2011
Farm animals don’t feel pain!?
Should farm animals suffer pain from Routine Surgery like castration, tail docking and dehorning or should they be treated like humans and companion animals and given highly effective pain relief? Share your thoughts with us here or the Animal Ethics Facebook Page.
July 30, 2011
Mulesing pain relief feasible
INTRAMUSCULAR pain relief for lambs before mulesing, tail-docking and castration is feasible, New South Wales woolgrower, Martin Oppenheimer, said this week. After seeing lambs successfully injected with the pre-operative pain relief compound, Xylazine, near Goulburn in New South Wales last week, Mr Oppenheimer said any on-farm logistical issues could be overcome.The compound Xylazine is being …