Ugg, these woolly boots simply won't do
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August 5, 2010, Thursday
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A PAIR of high-heeled woolly Ugg boots to be worn by Australia's representative at the Miss Universe Pageant later this month has come under fire on two fronts - tackiness and animal cruelty.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked Jesinta Campbell not to wear Ugg boots or a lamb's wool shrug at the pageant in Las Vegas on August 23 because it was cruel and unethical, using Australian wool sourced from mulesed sheep.
Mulesing, a common practice among Australian farmers, involves removing strips of wool-bearing skin from the buttocks of sheep in a bid to reduce a potentially lethal maggot infestation called flystrike.
"Some people say that Ugg boots put the 'Ugg' in 'ugly,' but we believe that mulesing puts the 'ugly' in Uggs," said PETA's director of campaigns, Jason Baker, in a statement.
The 18-year-old Campbell's costume, by Sydney designer Natasha Dwyer, was said to have been inspired by the outback. But Australian media described it as a "national joke" and a "travesty." The country does not have a national costume.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked Jesinta Campbell not to wear Ugg boots or a lamb's wool shrug at the pageant in Las Vegas on August 23 because it was cruel and unethical, using Australian wool sourced from mulesed sheep.
Mulesing, a common practice among Australian farmers, involves removing strips of wool-bearing skin from the buttocks of sheep in a bid to reduce a potentially lethal maggot infestation called flystrike.
"Some people say that Ugg boots put the 'Ugg' in 'ugly,' but we believe that mulesing puts the 'ugly' in Uggs," said PETA's director of campaigns, Jason Baker, in a statement.
The 18-year-old Campbell's costume, by Sydney designer Natasha Dwyer, was said to have been inspired by the outback. But Australian media described it as a "national joke" and a "travesty." The country does not have a national costume.
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