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 ...

Siri Swanson from Yankee Rock Farm, shearing sheep from Slough Farm at the Ag Hall. —Robyn Twomey Siri Swanson of Yankee Rock Farm in Vermont will be visiting the Island again, to shear Slough ...

The 2025 European sheep shearing and wool-handling championships will be held at the Mountbellew Mart, Co. Galway over the June bank holiday weekend. Last year, Mountbellew hosted the 2024 All-Ireland ...

The 2025 European sheep shearing and wool-handling championships will be held at the Mountbellew Mart, Co. Galway over the June ...

The event takes place on the June bank holiday weekend on Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June in the grounds of Mountbellew Co-operative Livestock Mart. The reader loyalty code gives you full access to ...

NEW Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries could prosecute and disqualify individuals from working with animals following its investigations into PETA claims of sheep mistreatment during shearing.

Two weeks ago, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released an exposé into 11 farms and shearing sheds, including Hunter Valley Station in Central Otago, owned by former American TV ...

All were 20-sheep finals. The winners are preparing for a 2026 World Championships New Zealand selection series that spans eight competitions over almost a year from the Southern Shears in Gore next ...

SHEEP shearing is becoming more of a problem because of the shortage of experienced shearers in many areas. An alternative and easier procedure for removing wool would be useful to the sheep ...

Paddy Hudson, who grew up on a Hokonui sheep farm, started shearing about a year ago and succumbed to coercion from mates who told him competing would make him a better shearer. He then won the ...

Photo / Shearing Sports New Zealand The father-and ... Justin was first to finish the 12-sheep open final, at 11min 28s, being the only one under a minute a sheep. He beat next-man-off and ...

Animal rights organisation PETA hopes an official investigation into alleged animal abuse on sheep farms will result in criminal convictions. The Ministry for Primary Industries has finished the first ...