While Australia's neighbour New Zealand prohibited mulesing by law in 2018, mulesing is widely practiced in Australia itself, more than 10 million lambs being mutilated through this cruel practice each year.  While FOUR PAWS is calling for better animal welfare laws, effective legislation can take decades to achieve and implement. That’s why we need brands to be transparent, thereby enabling consumers to make the right decision today. The animals can no longer wait!