Farmers in the Orkney Boreray community have been using the ClipFitter for the past two years to castrate their male lambs, with some planning ...

I investigated further. On Shiner Beer’s X page, an ad poses the question: “Why is there a ram on Shiner Bock labels?” A man standing beside a sheep answers the question simply: “ ‘ Bock ’ is a German ...

Investigating unexplained lamb losses in Scottish hill flocks and an adviser's perspective of the future of farming in the Comeragh uplands are two topics in a strong programme in the upcoming Teagasc ...

Like the story of baby lamb, Haggis, who was rejected by his biological mother but still lives a life full of love. The lamb was taken in by Julia Warren, who now treats him like the little prince ...

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 ...

The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is one of the most common livestock animals on the planet. Sheep have been domesticated for an estimated ... Some breeds are large, such as the Suffolk, which can weigh ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods ... this is the earliest evidence for human molding of another animal's biology and shows that early herders, like today's farmers, were ...

American fans lightly boo 'O Canada' before 4 Nations Face-Off title game A rare split opened between Musk and Trump over Tesla's plan to build its presence in India Trump-appointed judge rejects ...

‘Nudies’ are a breed of sheep that don’t grow wool, allowing farmers to cut costs as there’s no need for shearing, dagging, or crutching. Pierre Syben from Wairere Rams in Masterton told ...

Many of these animals are killed at a young age, often shortly after birth. This issue affects large numbers of male dairy cows (bobby calves), which do not have the desired genetic traits for ...

On one farm near Dunblane, a damaged overhead power cable led to the three male sheep being ... “He was checking sheep at Glassingall Estate and was looking down at an animal in distress and ...

An alpha male baboon guards his fertile female in southern ... This finding challenges the traditional view that low-ranking animals are always the most stressed. Instead, it suggests that ...