Wood went on to write that sheep can die from heat-related issues if not sheared regularly. Undoing centuries of selective breeding to make sheep naturally shed their fleece would take extensive, ...

What makes a dream job? The chance to travel the world? A workplace in the great outdoors as opposed to a stuffy office? Honing a skill to a competition-worthy level? Sounds pretty good – which is why ...

USINGEN, Germany (AP) — It’s time for the sheep in Germany's Taunus Mountains to get their summer look, and the shearers are making quick work of relieving the 1,000 or so in Volker Schuhmacher’s ...

Tyler Armstrong hold a sheep as children pet it through a fence at The Log Farm (Credit: ASHLEY FRASER) Sheep farms shear their animals normally once a year, and Saturday was the day for that to occur ...

NEW South Wales shearer Nikki Lyons came south to find better combing sheep to set a new world record in a Victorian shed ...

If you think shearing sheep is all about broken backs, aching muscles, poverty and general slavery, well think again. You are living in the past! Sheep shearing today, is all about fast living, big ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA), on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Purdue ...

Shearing once a year is usually a big enough job by itself but as sheep are being bred to have have a plainer body with less wrinkles the wool is getting longer. So to make the most of that longer ...

New Yorkers, prepare to get fleeced—in the best way possible. The 14th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival returns to Queens County Farm Museum this Sunday, May 18, from 10am to 5pm, with a full day of ...