The government and the shearing industry have announced a $75,000 programme to improve animal welfare in the industry. The fund will go towards workshops, online modules, practical assessments, and ...

And wool production has fallen 23 per cent in just two seasons as the industry continues to shrink at an alarming rate. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee met this week, and revised ...

As Agatha Christie once wrote, "The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances." Dear reader, in the trailer for The Sheep Detectives, the ...

Two World shearing record attempts are set to be shorn in New Zealand next month, both in the heat of an inland Otago summer. Pagan Rimene, pictured in 2019 winning the New Zealand Shears women's ...

This video dives into the demanding world of professional sheep shearing through firsthand experience. It exposes the physical strain, fast-paced technique, and daily hazards that define the job.

Hundreds of yarn enthusiasts descended on the Redd event space in Southeast Portland on Saturday for the third annual Sacred Sheep festival. And there were many more enthusiasts to come. More than ...

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush will headline Shearing The Love, a sports comedy marking the directorial debut of New Zealand writer and producer Tom Hern, whose work includes The Panthers, The ...

The breakout star of Alien: Earth on FX was not actually the Xenomorph, or even any of the synthetics or hybrids. And as cool as he was, it was not even the cyborg Mr. Morrow. No, it was the tentacled ...

A heated debate has erupted online over whether sheep shearing is ethical or exploitative. Alaina Wood (@itsthegarbagequeen), whose bio says she's a sustainability scientist and climate activist, took ...

Many great ideas start out as ‘what if’ conversations in “watering holes.” With the help of a little imbibing of a cool beverage or two, the creative juices start to flow, and from that ‘what if’ a ...

KETCHUM, Idaho — Sheep lovers from across the Gem State should head to the Wood River Valley for the annual "Trailing of the Sheep" festival in Ketchum starting Wednesday. The five-day festival kicks ...