Live lamb cutting, also known as mulesing, is the most brutal routine mutilation in the wool industry. It is neither shearing nor tail docking.
Lambs as young as two weeks old are torn from their mothers and strapped into metal cradles. Using sharp shears, large strips of skin bigger than the palm of your hand, are brutally cut away from the lamb’s buttocks. The pain from this procedure lasts for days, the wounds take weeks to heal, and many lambs even die.