People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal rights nonprofit, has accused workers at a New Zealand sheep farm owned by former NBC host Matt Lauer of mistreating animals during shearing operations. Accused.
PETA Asia Pacific on Monday released footage it says shows workers stepping on sheep's necks, dragging animals across the floor and performing suture surgeries without painkillers. the organization said in a statement to the Daily Caller.
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Mr Lauer reportedly invested at least $1.6 million in Hunter Valley Station, a property in New Zealand where extensive sheep shearing operations take place. PETA found evidence of “incredibly rough handling and insensitive shearing practices” at this farm and 10 other farms that produce ZQ brand wool, according to a statement from the nonprofit to The Caller. insisted.
According to PETA, brands such as Allbirds, Fjällräven, Smartwool, Loro Piana, and Helly Hansen sell ZQ-certified wool, which the company claims is “the world's leading ethical wool brand.” I am doing it.
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk said: “Matt Lauer's escape in New Zealand is hell for a frightened sheep being thrown around, pinned down and chopped up.” “PETA wants Mr. Lauer to wash his hands of the bloody wool business and asks anyone outraged by the cruelty we uncovered in the sheep pen to choose only vegan materials.”
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 2: Matt Lauer appears on NBC's “Today” show on March 2, 2017 at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Photo by: James Devaney/GC Images) Getty Images
PETA claimed that investigators in the Asia-Pacific region found cases of abuse, including “sheep being whipped, manhandled, and beaten with objects such as metal-tipped rods” on farms visited.
They allege that “a shearer repeatedly slammed the sheep's head against a hard wooden board while hurling expletive-filled threats.”
“The sheep suffocated to death after being forced into a very crowded pen, and the sheep's wool was still being sheared. Dead sheep were observed strewn around the farm,” the statement continued. .
PETA announced it has written to Mr. Lauer asking him to take immediate action to end sheep farming cruelty on his property.
Lauer has not publicly commented on the allegations.
