Bradford’s Iconic Legrams Mill Urged to Memorialise Abused Sheep with PETA Plaque

Bradford, West Yorkshire – Following reports that Legrams Mill is being converted into apartments, PETA sent a letter to the developer, requesting the installation of a memorial plaque at the former textile mill to commemorate the sheep who suffered and died so their fleece could be sold there.

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“A simple plaque would remind the community that sheep are individuals with their own personalities and desires. They form powerful bonds with their flock, recognise their friends’ faces, and differentiate emotions,” writes PETA Vice President Yvonne Taylor. “If dogs or cats were the target of even one of the many abuses documented by PETA entities in wool operations worldwide, the industry would be shut down entirely.”

PETA entities have shared exposés of 151 wool-industry operations around the world – including those in the U.K.– where workers have been documented kicking, punching, and slitting the throats of conscious, struggling sheep. Farmers commonly sever lambs’ tails and castrate the males without pain relief. When their wool production slows at around five or six years old, the animals are crammed onto lorries and sent on gruelling journeys to slaughterhouses.

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear” – points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

Contact:

Lucy Watson +44 (0) 20 7837 6327; [email protected]

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