New Zealand ...
... is a global leader in ethical wool production, guided by rigorous animal-welfare laws and progressive farming standards, including bans on museling and live export. Every clingfree DRYER BALL, made exclusively with New Zealand wool, comes from a system that legally protects the humane treatment of sheep. The wool is then shipped to Nepal, where each ball is ethically made before being packaged in our hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Domesticated sheep breeds ...
... do not naturally shed their wool. Without shearing, their fleece keeps growing, which can cause overheating, limited mobility, and blindness. To protect their health, trained professionals shear the sheep once a year, typically in spring. Using calm, precise techniques such as the traditional Bowen style, the shearer positions each sheep comfortably and removes the heavy fleece safely and painlessly with electric clippers in just a few minutes.
Ethical care is more than the right choice...
... it improves the final product. Happy, low-stress sheep grazing on open pastures naturally produce stronger, cleaner, and more resilient wool fibers, resulting in a denser dryer ball. And unlike other dryer balls, our JUMBO-SIZE ball has been verified by a USA-based third-party lab to last for over 1,000 loads.