PETA has footage of workers in Australia, where most of the world’s wool is produced, cutting the flesh off merino sheep’s backsides with shears, a barbaric process known as mulesing.

To many animal advocates, the day after Thanksgiving has long been known as “Fur-Free Friday.” Compassionate people have held demonstrations, used donated fur coats as bedding for injured or ...

Fur still pops up on runways now and then, but it’s now illegal to sell in California and Israel. Covid outbreaks at European mink farms diminished the industry’s status further. Now, PETA’s ...

Some sheep farmers are being impacted by the U.S.-China trade war in the form of unsold wool. A large share of wool—about 50 to 60%—is typically exported, with China serving as the primary ...

Now Groenewold Fur & Wool Company, based in Illinois, is the only large wool buyer left following Mid-States Wool Co-Op closure last year. Still, Whaley is optimistic as sheep producers pivot to ...

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast founded a wool and hand-dyed yarn business seven years ago on a ...