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Masses of people gathered for the annual sheep-shearing celebration at Kelsey Creek Farm on April 27. The day consisted of various sheep activities including sheep shearing, sheep herding ...

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 ...

NORRIS, Tenn. (WATE) – The Museum of Appalachia will welcome the warmth of spring by trimming the winter’s heavy growth of wool from its flock of sheep. Early Friday morning, the museum was preparing ...

SHEFFIELD, Texas — For the past 80 years, four generations of Allisons have overseen the spring shearing at their 35,000-acre ranch among the rocky arroyos of Terrell County, 140 miles southwest of ...

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 ...