Will the Story in Balamory Be Wool-Free? PETA Would Like to Know

23 October 2024

Tobermory/London – Following the announcement that beloved Scottish children’s programme Balamory will return to television in 2026, PETA sent a letter to the BBC with a child- and sheep-friendly suggestion: make the Balamory cast’s wardrobe wool-free. The group notes that children naturally love animals and would be devastated to learn that curious, playful sheep are stamped on and beaten to make the cherished characters’ kilts and sweaters.

“A wool-free reboot of Balamory would make everyone feel hunky-dory,” says PETA Vice President of Corporate Projects Yvonne Taylor. “PETA urges the producers to clothe their colourful characters in animal-friendly vegan wool, as no one wants a gory story in Balamory!”

PETA exposés of wool operations in England and Scotland found routine cruelty to sheep, who were beaten, punched, and kicked by workers. A PETA Asia investigation resulted in the first conviction of a sheep shearer in Scotland for cruelty to animals. The wool industry is also a major contributor to the climate catastrophe, as the UK’s more than 30 million sheep release huge amounts of methane.

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow the group on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.

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

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