Fly-fisher Neels Blom may have a stake in trying to discredit groups that protect animals — our efforts, after all, may make him feel guilty about hooking fish through their sensitive mouths. But People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has always been clear about our goals, (Washington Post mohair story pulls wool over readers’ eyes, May 21). Animals are not ours to wear or abuse for any reason, and we work to establish and protect the rights of all living beings. Our eyewitness visited 12 South African farms where goats were shorn for mohair and documented cruelty and mistreatment on every single one. This isn’t an anomaly, it’s standard practice in an industry that treats living, feeling beings as if they were nothing more than fibre factories. Even if such abuse occurred on only one farm it would be inexcusable. Mohair farmers openly admitted that they routinely subject goats to agonising procedures, including punching sharp needles through their ears and castrating th...
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