▁and ▁stamp ed ▁upon . ▁One ▁sheep ▁was ▁be aten ▁with ▁a ▁ham mer ▁while ▁another ▁was ▁shown ▁having ▁a ▁deep ▁cut ▁cr ud ely ▁se wn ▁up ." ▁The ▁She aring ▁Cont ract ors ▁Association ▁of ▁Australia ▁" app la ud ed " ▁the ▁investigation , ▁and ▁W ool ▁Produ cers ▁Australia ▁president ▁Geoff ▁F is ken ▁said ▁the ▁behavior ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁video ▁was ▁" un accept able ▁and ▁un support able " ▁but ▁that ▁" we ' re ▁sure ▁it ▁doesn ' t ▁port ray ▁the ▁ 9 9 . 9 % ▁majority ▁of ▁w ool ▁she ar ers ▁– ▁and ▁those ▁she ar ers ▁would ▁be ▁app alled ▁by ▁it ▁as ▁well ". ▁More ▁recent ▁foot age ▁and ▁images ▁of ▁Australian ▁workers ▁ab using ▁sheep ▁have ▁been ▁released ▁by ▁anonymous ▁sources , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁Domin ion , ▁a ▁recent ▁Australian ▁document ary ▁on ▁animal ▁farm ▁ab uses . ▁No ▁comment ▁has ▁been ▁made ▁about ▁this ▁by ▁the ▁She aring ▁Cont ract ors ▁Association ▁of ▁Australia . ▁ ▁She aring ▁in ▁culture ▁A ▁culture ▁has ▁evol ved ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁sheep ▁she aring , ▁especially ▁in ▁post - colon ial ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁The ▁sheep - she aring ▁fe ast ▁is ▁the ▁setting ▁for ▁Act ▁IV ▁of ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁A ▁Winter ' s ▁T ale . ▁Thomas ▁T us ser ▁provides ▁dog ger el ▁verse ▁for ▁the ▁occasion : ▁ ▁W ife ▁make ▁us ▁a ▁dinner , ▁spare ▁flesh ▁neither ▁cor