WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- A hundred years ago, most sheep shearers relied on scissor-like blades to cut the wool off of sheep, before motorized clippers took over as the primary method. "Blade shearing ...

In the first attempt on the record of 731 set by New Zealander Matthew Smith in England nine and half years ago, Goss claimed ...

Making the attempt Whanganui shearer Simon Goss, who will tackling the solo nine-hours ewes record at Ātihau-Whanganui ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a 2000 study, researchers at the University of Southern Australia found that by every measurement taken, from sustained heart rate to oxygen consumption to calories burned, sheep shearing was ...

Emily Chamelin was still a teenager when she took up sheep shearing. She’d convinced her parents to let her raise a few sheep on the family dairy farm in Maryland, but finding someone to shear them ...

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 ...

PHOENIX - A Phoenix area non-profit dedicated to saving farm animals is getting some help it needs, as a company is paying for all the sheep at Farm Angels Sanctuary to get sheared. The sanctuary is ...