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Article: AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION, PETA COME TO TERMS.(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
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- July 5, 2007
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Byline: Patty Huntington
SYDNEY - Pitted against each other for the past two years in the Federal Court of Australia - and on the front steps of some of the world's biggest retailers - Australian Wool Innovation and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have reached a cease-fire, at least for the time being.
Last week, following four days of mediation, AWI, the Australian wool industry's research and development arm, agreed to withdraw its two-year-old federal court case against PETA. In exchange, the animal rights organization agreed to a temporary suspension worldwide of its activities either calling for, or threatening to call for, a consumer ...