Apparel maker Patagonia stops buying Ovis 21 wool after PETA video

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4. In the US, we have two different certified humane standards for sheep

and they are both quite good. Hoping that some of these big retailers start supporting those of us who raise our animals to those standards.

The trouble is that being humane costs more money for the producer. And the world of commerce always wants the best deal.

And producing purely wool sheep such as a merino is not also a meat animal. This is incorrect in this discussion. There are indeed some "dual purpose" sheep breeds. But merino's are not one of them. People tend to eat a merino if something is wrong with it. But one does not make money on the sale of it's meat. Meat breeds produce a good 20 lbs more meat per animal, while the wool breeds do not produce much muscle at all, just wool.