Shrek is a sheep who was happily living in a South Island New Zealand cave for six years. As a result he routinely missed getting shorn every Spring. When he finally emerged, he was hardly ...

In Australia, we don’t have wild populations of sheep. Sheep here simply do not survive in the wild. They need to be shorn. We have selectively bred these animals so that they have a fleece that ...

The pandemic has further reduced the small pool of skilled labour and woolgrowers are struggling to get their sheep shorn. Australian ... and just tip her on her side, and you're in a position ...

CANBERRA, Australia — A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 89 pounds of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters — and ...

Animal welfare experts say that the massive wool coat could pose serious risks to the sheep's health, and they've called in the national shearing champion to save it in Canberra, Australia.

Shearing is risky: We could visit Wyoming’s reservation casinos, but we choose to run sheep. For us, the essential annual task — shearing — must happen during a particular moment in time.