2:22 PM AEDT | THE troubled wool industry is likely to face pressure from animal welfare groups now that the board of the industry's research and marketing body is controlled by directors who are not committed to honouring a pledge to end mulesing by the end of 2010.

8:12 AM AEDT | THERE should be no more Bahrainis throwing trussed Australian sheep into the boots of their Mercedes before next month's Eid al-Adha religious festival.