Animal rights group PETA wants Wales to remove Ostrich feathers from WRU Logo
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Ahead of the final round of the 2025 Guinness Men’s Six Nations, animal rights group PETA sent a letter of request to the Welsh Rugby Union. The message pushed for a change to the WRU’s logo, to remove the Prince of Wales’ ostrich feathers emblemfrom the WRU iconography.
PETA suggested in a recent press release, that the WRU should instead use a Welsh dragon as their logo, akin to that of the flag of the country and the Wales Rugby League badge. The mythical beast is synonymous with Wales, and PETA are unhappy with the continued use of ostrich feathers to represent the WRU. In a statement, PETA said;
“PETA sent a letter to Welsh Rugby Union CEO Abi Tierney suggesting a simple wardrobe change to help boost the team's morale for next year's competition: replace the Prince of Wales’s ostrich feathers emblem with an iconic dragon – to remind everyone that feathers belong only on the birds born with them.
“Suggesting a simple wardrobe change to help boost the team's morale for next year's competition: replace the Prince of Wales’s ostrich feathers emblem with an iconic dragon – to remind everyone that feathers belong only on the birds born with them.”
PETA Vice President of Corporate Projects Yvonne Taylor added: “Tweaking the team's kit would help send the message that sparing sensitive ostriches and other birds a miserable life and agonising death is a flap-free affair.”
"PETA encourages the Welsh rugby team to be good sports on and off the pitch by making this small change that could do the world of good for gentle birds."
The statement from PETA continued, to give important background information upon the misstatement of countless varieties of birds within the global feather trade market.
“In nature, ostriches share parental duties, with the camouflaged mother taking care of the eggs during the daytime and the father, who has black feathers, taking the night shift. In the fashion industry, workers forcibly restrain ostriches as young as 1 year old, electrically stun them, and slit their throats before tearing the feathers from their still-warm bodies.
“Feathers described as "marabou," meanwhile, almost always come from turkeys and chickens who endure a short, miserable life in filthy, crowded sheds before being violently killed. Peacocks, pheasants, emus, and other birds fare no better in the feather trade.
“PETA notes that this change would be a fitting way for the team to honour athletic ostriches. These birds are the fastest-running birds in the world, can run at speeds of seventy kilometres per hour, and deliver deadly kicks to defend themselves from predators.”
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