Why I Won’t Be Wearing Wool This—or Any—Winter

When you think about shearing sheep for wool, you might say to yourself, "Eh, that's not so bad. The sheep just get a haircut." But a recent PETA investigation of nearly three dozen "shearing sheds" in the U.S. (in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming) and Australia (the world's top wool producer) revealed that a lot more than just hair gets cut off sheep—including teats and bits of ears.