{"id":1390649,"date":"2023-12-13T20:29:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=757fc3d527e4372bcf3c0d2e3e4cb772"},"modified":"2023-12-13T20:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:29:45","slug":"will-mayor-gunter-ok-petas-end-shearin-sheep-statue-the-shape-of-ewe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/12\/13\/will-mayor-gunter-ok-petas-end-shearin-sheep-statue-the-shape-of-ewe\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Mayor Gunter OK PETA\u2019s \u2018E(n)d Shearin\u2019\u2019 Sheep Statue: The Shape of \u2018Ewe\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, PETA sent a letter<\/a> to San Angelo Mayor Brenda Gunter and the San Angelo City Council urging them to reject the Public Art Commission\u2019s misguided denial of PETA\u2019s application to display a statue of a sheep\u2014called \u201cE(n)d Shearin\u2019\u201d after the singer Ed Sheeran\u2014that\u2019s decorated with messages created by renowned New Yorker<\/em> cartoonist Harry Bliss<\/strong> describing how these gentle animals suffer in the wool industry. Members of the commission that rejected the statue called it \u201cnot fit for downtown\u201d and \u201ccontrary to San Angelo\u2019s history,\u201d remarks that defy American values of inclusivity and freedom of expression. PETA notes that the city council\u2019s adoption of the commission\u2019s rejection of \u201cE(n)d Shearin\u2019\u201d would violate the group\u2019s First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n

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Credit: PETA<\/em><\/p>\n

In the appeal, PETA points out that the city\u2014once known as the \u201cWool Capital of the World\u201d\u2014already displays 110 <\/em>sheep statues but not one addressing how sheep are often beaten, mutilated, and violently killed for wool, as shown in PETA undercover videos<\/a> on every continent except Antarctica.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheep feel pain and fear, love their flock members, and don\u2019t deserve to be cut to ribbons for wool, something that happens in every shearing shed we have visited,\u201d says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. \u201cPETA is urging Mayor Gunter and the rest of the city council to ensure that \u201cE(n)d Shearin\u2019\u201d takes its lawful place downtown so that people who see it understand the suffering behind wool sweaters and scarves and choose to wear vegan. Shearing isn\u2019t just a haircut \u2014it\u2019s often a scary, painful procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n

PETA investigations<\/a> have uncovered cruelty to sheep at over 100<\/em> wool operations worldwide\u2014even at \u201cresponsible\u201d farms, where shearers have been seen punching, stomping, kicking, and throwing around sheep. Shearers are often paid by volume, incentivizing them to work quickly, and sheep are often left bloodied and in pain as a result. The gaping wounds caused by careless shearers are then crudely stitched up with a needle and thread\u2014without painkillers. Fortunately, most top retailers offer clothing made of natural eco- and animal-friendly vegan fabrics, including organic cotton, linen, Tencel, and modal.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to wear\u201d\u2014opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org<\/strong><\/a>, listen to The PETA Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

The post Will Mayor Gunter OK PETA\u2019s \u2018E(n)d Shearin\u2019\u2019 Sheep Statue: The Shape of ‘Ewe’?<\/a> appeared first on PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

This post was originally published on Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, PETA sent a letter to San Angelo Mayor Brenda Gunter and the San Angelo City Council urging them to reject the Public Art Commission\u2019s misguided denial of PETA\u2019s application to display a statue of a sheep\u2014called \u201cE(n)d Shearin\u2019\u201d after the singer Ed Sheeran\u2014that\u2019s decorated with messages created by renowned New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss… Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Will Mayor Gunter OK PETA\u2019s \u2018E(n)d Shearin\u2019\u2019 Sheep Statue: The Shape of \u2018Ewe\u2019?<\/a> appeared first on PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":708,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2148,2149],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390650,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390649\/revisions\/1390650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}