PINK SHEEPISH OVER ANIMAL CRUELTY

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Pink sheepish over animal cruelty
US
pop star Pink has backed away from a campaign to boycott Australian
wool organised by pressure group People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals.
The
singer angered Australian farmers in December when branded the practice
of sheep “mulesing” as “sadistic”.She made the comments about the
practice – cutting slices of flesh from lambs’ rumps to prevent maggot
infestation – in a video for Peta.But Pink has admitted on Australian
TV that she did not do enough research.

Lesson
She received a
letter from sheep farmers, advising her that they planned to phase out
“mulesing” by 2010.Pink told Australia’s Nine Network television she
had not been fully informed when she agreed to take part in the
campaign.”I probably could have been a lot more researched, on my own.
That’s the lesson I’m taking from this,” she said.”My message was, in
my mind, boycott animal cruelty – not an entire industry, not
Australia, obviously, because it’s my favourite country.”Then going
back, I was speaking without thinking and I actually did say ban
Australia. It’s not something that I can agree with.”I have nothing
against farmers. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. I don’t want to hurt
anyone, I just want the animals to hurt less.”Pink, who is due to tour
Australia in April, said she was prepared to meet farmers and wool
industry representatives.

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January 17, 2007 at 9:05 AM