TRUCKSVILLE — Joy Malacavage stood on a wooden bench and watched the haircuts with wide eyes. The 9-year-old from Trucksville, who admittedly loves animals, got her first taste of sheep shearing on ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- People looking to enjoy a spring day headed over the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge Saturday to Conanicut Island and one of its pastoral attractions to witness an annual farm ritual — ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sheep shearing demonstration was held in the Ames Activity Pavilion at the National Western Stock Show on January 22, 2020. Bob Schroth, who runs annual ...

Shearing day at a sheep farm is one of the most important days at the farm and it begins this time of year across Central New York. Depending on the breed of sheep and the growth of their wool, it can ...

Jim Davis singled out a sheep from a nervous flock in Diane Stroh’s barn in Homer Glen, and with a wrestler’s grip, he quickly maneuvered the animal into a corner. At more than 250 pounds, the raggedy ...

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 ...

“The first rule of shearing is the shearer has to win.” So says Amy Wolf, teacher, mom, livestock judge and, yes, sheep shearer. Did you catch that? Wolf. “As in predator,” she noted before hundreds ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — A large Romney sheep makes its way out of the chute and on to the shearing station, waiting for the sheep shearer to get started on its overgrown coat. As the shearer picks up the ...

Man shearing a sheep in stall at headquarters of the San Emigdio Ranch, Kern County, Calif. C. 1890. Marking freshly shorn sheep. Malheur County, Oregon, ca. 1941. Sacks of wool at sheep shearing time ...