As the sun rises over a feedlot in a northern corner of San Angelo on a late September morning; a large group of sheep, heavy with overgrown layers of wool, kicks up clouds of dust as they nervously ...

LAVINA -- The sheep were coming fast into the shearing wagon, as fast as the five cutters inside could wrestle each 140-pound animal onto its back for a close shave. At the front of the line, Ralph ...

WANAKA (NEW ZEALAND) - Classical music, soft mattresses and the gentlest touch of a wool clipper: welcome to the New Zealand farm indulging what may be the world's most pampered sheep. Forget any ...

A broken jaw playing country rugby league led farmer Ross Thompson to get serious about shearing sheep in the northern New South Wales town of Inverell. It was the 1990s when some 10,000 shearers ...

A sheep isn’t just going to stand there and let you take its wool. Joe Domeier can attest to that. “Some sheep don’t cooperate,” he said. And holding them still is just one reason shearing a sheep is ...

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 ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

NEW YORK -- The Queens County Farm Museum's annual Sheep Shearing Festival is on Saturday. With the weather getting warmer, it's time for the museum to give its sheep their much-needed spring trims.

8. Based on your understanding of the podcast, why is it better for sheep to land on a soft mattress? A. It makes the sheep more likely to wriggle or kick. B. It improves the overall well-being of the ...

LAMBERTVILLE -- Howell Living History Farm will hold its 31st annual "Shear Fun" event on Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program features sheep shearing, sheep herding, and related arts, ...