2016- Wool Exposé

In a landmark case following the release of a PETA exposé, at least six shearers were charged with a minimum of 70 counts of cruelty to animals for the first time in history. The exposé documented that wool industry workers in Australia beat scared sheep in the face with electric clippers and punched and stomped on their heads and necks. The first five defendants pleaded guilty. The first to be sentenced was banned from shearing or being in charge of farmed animals for two years.