PETA to Unveil ‘E(n)d Shearin’’ Sheep Statue At City Hall Annex After Legal Challenge
For Immediate Release:
June 28, 2024
Contact:
Sara Groves 202-483-7382
On Tuesday, PETA representatives will gather at the City Hall Annex in San Angelo tocut the ribbon on a striking sheep statue—called “E(n)d Shearin’” after the singer Ed Sheeran—that features artwork designed by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss showing images of sheep protesting while holding signs proclaiming, “I’m Not Your Socks!” and “Where Is Your Empathy?”
Where: City Hall Annex, 301 W. Beauregard Ave., San Angelo
When: 12 p.m.
PETA’s legal team secured the placement for “E(n)d Shearin’” even though the Public Art Commission recommended that city officials reject the statue because of its anti-wool viewpoint—a violation of the group’s First Amendment rights.
More photos are available here.
“This statue is finally bringing a sheep’s perspective to San Angelo, where it will join more than 100 sheep statues and encourage people to have empathy for these gentle, sensitive animals with complex emotional lives,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA urges everyone to shun wool and opt for vegan clothing that no animals were cut to ribbons for.”
San Angelo, once known as the “Wool Capital of the World,” has already displayed 110 sheep statues, none of which tell sheep’s side of the story. PETA has released 14 exposés of 117 wool operations around the world—where workers have been documented kicking, punching, and slitting the throats of conscious, crying sheep.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness.
For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
