Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Sheep-Shearing in Mount Vernon

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Sheep shearing is the term that is used to describe the process of removing the wool from the sheep through shearing. Modern sheep shearing methods have been created as the years pass in order to implicate shearing without hurting the sheeps. It is a common practice especially in countries like Australia where major number of sheeps are being sheared each year. Generally adult sheeps are sheared only once a year.

Sheep shearing is done to extract the fleece or wool from sheeps to make cloths or wool fabrics. Sheep shearing does not kill sheeps and factories or contractors use advance methods nowadays in order to shear sheeps safely and faster.

As of now there are still civic organizations such as PETA that are totally opposed to sheep shearing and other "animal maltreatment". They insist that sheep shearing is an abuse to sheeps and that by products of this activity should not be bought or supported. However, such fabrics gotten from sheep's wool is considered as luxury and are bought in very steep prices.

Shearing the Rams is a famous painting (oil on canvas) done by Tom Roberts, a celebrated Australian painter. Critics exclaimed that the artwork is used to portray the bush life and culture of Australia. Shearing the Rams portrays the everyday manual labor of men in a shearing warehouse.

During the past blade shears are used to shear the sheeps however because of the new technology shearing machines came into existence. These machines are much better and faster at shearing sheeps leaving less to no accidents of cutting sheep's skin.

Sheep shearing activities and demonstration at Mount Vernon will be attended by spectators in order to see live the actual shearing process. Learn from the experts during this activity that is scheduled in Mount Vernon.

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